Melanie Hayward
@melhayward.bsky.social
✨Associate Professor - IHSC @bnuni.bsky.social
✨RN Child, RSN SCPHN, CPNP, RNT (TCH), FHEA, FRSA
✨Chair NASNA
✨England Rep & Comms CYPNAUK
✨Consult Editor JoFCH
✨Academic Advisor SAPHNA & CYPStNN
✨Cofounder NurseAcademicUK
✨#Fit4CYP Project Member
✨RN Child, RSN SCPHN, CPNP, RNT (TCH), FHEA, FRSA
✨Chair NASNA
✨England Rep & Comms CYPNAUK
✨Consult Editor JoFCH
✨Academic Advisor SAPHNA & CYPStNN
✨Cofounder NurseAcademicUK
✨#Fit4CYP Project Member
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· Nov 21
Successful Studying for Nursing Students - 9780443107115 | Elsevier Health
Welcome to nursing! Successful Studying for Nursing Students is part of the New Notes on Nursing series, a series created especially for you, the nursing student at the start of your nursing journey. ...
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📚Successful Studying for Nursing Students is now available to buy!
🎉 Perfect for #nursing #students aiming to excel in their studies
Get your copy today and start your journey to success! 🩺📖
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🎉 Perfect for #nursing #students aiming to excel in their studies
Get your copy today and start your journey to success! 🩺📖
#SuccessfulStudying #SuccessfulStN #NewNotesOnNursing
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Last week on Wonkhe: Jonathan Batty argues that widening participation will only deliver real change when it is co-developed with partners in places
Working with our places will help us to spread the benefits of higher education more widely
Jonathan Batty argues that widening participation will only deliver real change when it is co-developed with partners in places
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August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Jonathan Batty argues that widening participation will only deliver real change when it is co-developed with partners in places
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
Health inequalities are widening. Life expectancy is falling. Has the government's 10 Year Health Plan gone far enough when it comes to preventing ill health?
🎧 New podcast episode with @hellomccracken.bsky.social, @sarah-arnold.bsky.social and Danielle Jefferies out now: buff.ly/EzTXdgu
🎧 New podcast episode with @hellomccracken.bsky.social, @sarah-arnold.bsky.social and Danielle Jefferies out now: buff.ly/EzTXdgu
Will The 10 Year Health Plan Really Tackle The Nation’s Health Crisis? | The King's Fund
Health inequalities are widening. Life expectancy is falling. Has the government's 10 Year Health Plan gone far enough when it comes to preventing ill health?
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August 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Health inequalities are widening. Life expectancy is falling. Has the government's 10 Year Health Plan gone far enough when it comes to preventing ill health?
🎧 New podcast episode with @hellomccracken.bsky.social, @sarah-arnold.bsky.social and Danielle Jefferies out now: buff.ly/EzTXdgu
🎧 New podcast episode with @hellomccracken.bsky.social, @sarah-arnold.bsky.social and Danielle Jefferies out now: buff.ly/EzTXdgu
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@melhayward.bsky.social Lead for Quality Assurance & Enhancement & Chair of National Association of School Nurse Academics (NASNA) celebrates the strategic affiliation between the School & Public Health Nurses Association & NASNA
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www.bucks.ac.uk/news/comment...
Comment: Strengthening the Academic Voice in School Nursing: Celebrating NASNA and SAPHNA partnership
Melanie Hayward Associate Professor and Lead for Quality Assurance and Enhancement (IHSC) and Chair of National Association of School Nurse Academics (NASNA) explores the NASNA and SAPHNA partnership ...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
@melhayward.bsky.social Lead for Quality Assurance & Enhancement & Chair of National Association of School Nurse Academics (NASNA) celebrates the strategic affiliation between the School & Public Health Nurses Association & NASNA
www.bucks.ac.uk/news/comment...
www.bucks.ac.uk/news/comment...
What Is Prevention In Health? | The King's Fund
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What Is Prevention In Health? | The King's Fund
Different people mean different things by prevention. Here, we set out some of the different ways it is understood.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What Is Prevention In Health? | The King's Fund
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
New report #ReducingParentalConflict Challenge Fund (2023–24) shows how digital tools + tailored support can help families navigate conflict
Let’s build on what works
👨👩👧👦Evidence matters
👨👩👧👦Families matter
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Let’s build on what works
👨👩👧👦Evidence matters
👨👩👧👦Families matter
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reducing Parental Conflict Challenge Fund: final learning report March 2025
Final analysis of the eight projects set up to build on the evidence and learning from the first Challenge Fund delivered in 2019 to 2020.
www.gov.uk
June 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New report #ReducingParentalConflict Challenge Fund (2023–24) shows how digital tools + tailored support can help families navigate conflict
Let’s build on what works
👨👩👧👦Evidence matters
👨👩👧👦Families matter
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Let’s build on what works
👨👩👧👦Evidence matters
👨👩👧👦Families matter
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Calling #NurseAcademics, new video resources for Successful Studying for Nursing Students are now live!
Study skills, critical thinking & more - perfect for supporting your learners
Access: evolve.elsevier.com → Create/login → Request access to the book → View resources
Study skills, critical thinking & more - perfect for supporting your learners
Access: evolve.elsevier.com → Create/login → Request access to the book → View resources
June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Calling #NurseAcademics, new video resources for Successful Studying for Nursing Students are now live!
Study skills, critical thinking & more - perfect for supporting your learners
Access: evolve.elsevier.com → Create/login → Request access to the book → View resources
Study skills, critical thinking & more - perfect for supporting your learners
Access: evolve.elsevier.com → Create/login → Request access to the book → View resources
Attended the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social All in for Attendance conference
Powerful insights on tackling chronic absenteeism through public health, trauma-informed care & #schoolnursing
School nurses are essential to student wellbeing. Lets act on the data
#PublicHealth #ChronicAbsence
Powerful insights on tackling chronic absenteeism through public health, trauma-informed care & #schoolnursing
School nurses are essential to student wellbeing. Lets act on the data
#PublicHealth #ChronicAbsence
June 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Attended the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social All in for Attendance conference
Powerful insights on tackling chronic absenteeism through public health, trauma-informed care & #schoolnursing
School nurses are essential to student wellbeing. Lets act on the data
#PublicHealth #ChronicAbsence
Powerful insights on tackling chronic absenteeism through public health, trauma-informed care & #schoolnursing
School nurses are essential to student wellbeing. Lets act on the data
#PublicHealth #ChronicAbsence
📢 Calling UK #SCPHN #SchoolNurse academics!
Join the National Association of School Nurse Academics #NASNA & become part of a vibrant community dedicated to advancing School Nurse Education
🌟 Click the link to sign up - it's free!
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Join the National Association of School Nurse Academics #NASNA & become part of a vibrant community dedicated to advancing School Nurse Education
🌟 Click the link to sign up - it's free!
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Microsoft Forms
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June 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📢 Calling UK #SCPHN #SchoolNurse academics!
Join the National Association of School Nurse Academics #NASNA & become part of a vibrant community dedicated to advancing School Nurse Education
🌟 Click the link to sign up - it's free!
forms.office.com/e/yEwNgb76KY
Join the National Association of School Nurse Academics #NASNA & become part of a vibrant community dedicated to advancing School Nurse Education
🌟 Click the link to sign up - it's free!
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In #CYP services, tough talks with parents are inevitable
Sophie Baker offers guidance in #CommunityCare on handling these with empathy and clarity
Essential reading for all #CYP health and social care practitioners
#CYPPractice #ChildProtection
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/05/w...
Sophie Baker offers guidance in #CommunityCare on handling these with empathy and clarity
Essential reading for all #CYP health and social care practitioners
#CYPPractice #ChildProtection
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/05/w...
'What I wish I had known about having difficult conversations with parents' - Community Care
A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on a difficult conversation early in her career and what she would have done differently
www.communitycare.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
In #CYP services, tough talks with parents are inevitable
Sophie Baker offers guidance in #CommunityCare on handling these with empathy and clarity
Essential reading for all #CYP health and social care practitioners
#CYPPractice #ChildProtection
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/05/w...
Sophie Baker offers guidance in #CommunityCare on handling these with empathy and clarity
Essential reading for all #CYP health and social care practitioners
#CYPPractice #ChildProtection
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/05/w...
CYP Now - Campaigners hail free school meals expansion as 'significant step' in tackling child poverty www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
Campaigners hail free school meals expansion as 'significant step' in tackling child poverty - CYP Now
Child poverty campaigners have welcomed the government’s decision to extend eligibility for free school meals to half a million more children next year.
www.cypnow.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
CYP Now - Campaigners hail free school meals expansion as 'significant step' in tackling child poverty www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
Peer mentoring, inclusive resources and academic skills training can reduce the attainment gap, explain staff at Nottingham Trent University. Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/libra... #AcademicSky #EduSky
The library’s role in reducing the attainment gap
Read about strategies aimed at closing attainment gaps, such as peer mentoring, inclusive resources and academic skills training to support students
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Peer mentoring, inclusive resources and academic skills training can reduce the attainment gap, explain staff at Nottingham Trent University. Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/libra... #AcademicSky #EduSky
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
Amid the abolition of NHS England and major workforce reforms, chief nursing officer for England Duncan Burton shares his vision for nursing’s role in a transformed health service.
Read the exclusive interview with Nursing Times below 👇
www.nursingtimes.net/leadership/i...
Read the exclusive interview with Nursing Times below 👇
www.nursingtimes.net/leadership/i...
Interview: England CNO talks NHS reforms and nursing | Nursing Times
Read an exclusive interview with England chief nursing officer Duncan Burton about NHS reforms and other issues facing the profession.
www.nursingtimes.net
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Amid the abolition of NHS England and major workforce reforms, chief nursing officer for England Duncan Burton shares his vision for nursing’s role in a transformed health service.
Read the exclusive interview with Nursing Times below 👇
www.nursingtimes.net/leadership/i...
Read the exclusive interview with Nursing Times below 👇
www.nursingtimes.net/leadership/i...
UK HEIs are increasingly boxed in on six sides:
1 increasing regulation
2 rising costs
3 falling income for each domestic student
4 uncertain future demand from international students 5 increasing availability of alternative routes
6 shrinking population
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/05/u...
1 increasing regulation
2 rising costs
3 falling income for each domestic student
4 uncertain future demand from international students 5 increasing availability of alternative routes
6 shrinking population
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/05/u...
Universities are boxed in: Is there a way out? - HEPI
UK higher education institutions are increasingly boxed in on six sides: In this pacey and timely paper, Professors Diana Beech and André Spicer take a look at the situation and propose some different...
www.hepi.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
UK HEIs are increasingly boxed in on six sides:
1 increasing regulation
2 rising costs
3 falling income for each domestic student
4 uncertain future demand from international students 5 increasing availability of alternative routes
6 shrinking population
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/05/u...
1 increasing regulation
2 rising costs
3 falling income for each domestic student
4 uncertain future demand from international students 5 increasing availability of alternative routes
6 shrinking population
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/05/u...
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Fabulous day yesterday @BNU . SCPHN and DN SPQ students held a poster event demonstrating all their innovative service improvement designs @theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcndcnforum.bsky.social @melhayward.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fabulous day yesterday @BNU . SCPHN and DN SPQ students held a poster event demonstrating all their innovative service improvement designs @theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcndcnforum.bsky.social @melhayward.bsky.social
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Incredibly proud that Buckinghamshire New University has been named University of the Year for South East England. Voted for by students, awards don’t get more meaningful. www.whatuni.com/student-awar...
Best University of the Year in South East England: Whatuni student Choice Awards
Explore the most popular University of the Year in South East England based on reviews by 35,000+ UK university students over the last 12 months for the Whatuni Student Choice Awards.
www.whatuni.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Incredibly proud that Buckinghamshire New University has been named University of the Year for South East England. Voted for by students, awards don’t get more meaningful. www.whatuni.com/student-awar...
New @ma-healthcare.bsky.social #JFCH #NASNA column is out
Proud to co-author 'Supporting Digital Resilience: Embedding ‘Maddie is Online’ in SCPHN School Nurse Education'
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
#CYP Digital safety isn’t optional
#PublicHealth @carolinevoogd.bsky.social
Proud to co-author 'Supporting Digital Resilience: Embedding ‘Maddie is Online’ in SCPHN School Nurse Education'
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
#CYP Digital safety isn’t optional
#PublicHealth @carolinevoogd.bsky.social
www.magonlinelibrary.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New @ma-healthcare.bsky.social #JFCH #NASNA column is out
Proud to co-author 'Supporting Digital Resilience: Embedding ‘Maddie is Online’ in SCPHN School Nurse Education'
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
#CYP Digital safety isn’t optional
#PublicHealth @carolinevoogd.bsky.social
Proud to co-author 'Supporting Digital Resilience: Embedding ‘Maddie is Online’ in SCPHN School Nurse Education'
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
#CYP Digital safety isn’t optional
#PublicHealth @carolinevoogd.bsky.social
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
One million excess deaths were linked to deprivation between 2009 and 2020, Michael Marmot told a Royal College of Physicians conference.
Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
One million excess deaths were linked to deprivation between 2009 and 2020, Michael Marmot told a Royal College of Physicians conference.
Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Come along to our Leadership Service Improvement Poster event @ Buckinghamshire New University today 11-13. Fabulous service improvement by SPQDN and SCPHN students 😊@theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcndcnforum.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Come along to our Leadership Service Improvement Poster event @ Buckinghamshire New University today 11-13. Fabulous service improvement by SPQDN and SCPHN students 😊@theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcndcnforum.bsky.social
Just published in
@bnuni.bsky.social Research Notes Spring 2025!
Reflection of my presentation at the #SAPHNA 2024 Conference, exploring the evolving role of school nurses in safeguarding & public health
Read more on upstream care, advocacy & investment here:
issuu.com/bucks_new_un... pages 12-13
@bnuni.bsky.social Research Notes Spring 2025!
Reflection of my presentation at the #SAPHNA 2024 Conference, exploring the evolving role of school nurses in safeguarding & public health
Read more on upstream care, advocacy & investment here:
issuu.com/bucks_new_un... pages 12-13
Research Notes - Spring 2025 Edition
This edition of Research Notes marks six years since the publication’s launch in 2019, reaffirming BNU’s core research values of sustainability, inclusivity, and equality. Reflecting on the growth acr...
issuu.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just published in
@bnuni.bsky.social Research Notes Spring 2025!
Reflection of my presentation at the #SAPHNA 2024 Conference, exploring the evolving role of school nurses in safeguarding & public health
Read more on upstream care, advocacy & investment here:
issuu.com/bucks_new_un... pages 12-13
@bnuni.bsky.social Research Notes Spring 2025!
Reflection of my presentation at the #SAPHNA 2024 Conference, exploring the evolving role of school nurses in safeguarding & public health
Read more on upstream care, advocacy & investment here:
issuu.com/bucks_new_un... pages 12-13
Huge congratulations 🎉 to @bnuni.bsky.social practice learning partner
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust for winning Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) student nursing times award #SNTA for redefining post-registration nurse education 🥳
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust for winning Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) student nursing times award #SNTA for redefining post-registration nurse education 🥳
May 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Huge congratulations 🎉 to @bnuni.bsky.social practice learning partner
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust for winning Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) student nursing times award #SNTA for redefining post-registration nurse education 🥳
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust for winning Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) student nursing times award #SNTA for redefining post-registration nurse education 🥳
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
The winners of the 2025 Student Nursing Times Awards have been announced.
Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...
#SNTA
Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...
#SNTA
Student Nursing Times Awards 2025 winners revealed | Nursing Times
Find out who won what at the 2025 Student Nursing Times Awards, which celebrate excellence in nursing and midwifery education.
www.nursingtimes.net
May 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The winners of the 2025 Student Nursing Times Awards have been announced.
Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...
#SNTA
Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...
#SNTA
Teenagers with normal blood sugar are showing early signs of heart damage
A new study links this to poor diet, obesity and inactivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40294628/
⚠️ Cardiometabolic risk is rising before prediabetes is diagnosed
#CYPHealth #PublicHealth
A new study links this to poor diet, obesity and inactivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40294628/
⚠️ Cardiometabolic risk is rising before prediabetes is diagnosed
#CYPHealth #PublicHealth
Persistent Hyperglycemia and Insulin Resistance With the Risk of Worsening Cardiac Damage in Adolescents: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study of the ALSPAC Birth Cohort - PubMed
Persistent adolescent hyperglycemia and worsening IR were associated with the risk of worsening structural and functional cardiac damage, and these were largely explained by increased fat mass.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Teenagers with normal blood sugar are showing early signs of heart damage
A new study links this to poor diet, obesity and inactivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40294628/
⚠️ Cardiometabolic risk is rising before prediabetes is diagnosed
#CYPHealth #PublicHealth
A new study links this to poor diet, obesity and inactivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40294628/
⚠️ Cardiometabolic risk is rising before prediabetes is diagnosed
#CYPHealth #PublicHealth
Delighted to share that I’ve been appointed field External Examiner for CYP Nursing @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social !
A CYP academic team that champions public health 🌱, meaningful simulation 🩺, and partnership with CYP 🤝 — values close to my heart
✨ #CYPnursing #ExternalExaminer #CivicImpact
A CYP academic team that champions public health 🌱, meaningful simulation 🩺, and partnership with CYP 🤝 — values close to my heart
✨ #CYPnursing #ExternalExaminer #CivicImpact
April 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Delighted to share that I’ve been appointed field External Examiner for CYP Nursing @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social !
A CYP academic team that champions public health 🌱, meaningful simulation 🩺, and partnership with CYP 🤝 — values close to my heart
✨ #CYPnursing #ExternalExaminer #CivicImpact
A CYP academic team that champions public health 🌱, meaningful simulation 🩺, and partnership with CYP 🤝 — values close to my heart
✨ #CYPnursing #ExternalExaminer #CivicImpact
Reposted by Melanie Hayward
This week on Wonkhe: England's universities regulator has found measures designed to protect students to be outdated, insufficient and ineffective in practice. Jim Dickinson wonders if it will do anything about it
It's students that suffer when those supposed to protect them fail
England's universities regulator has found measures designed to protect students to be outdated, insufficient and ineffective in practice. Jim Dickinson wonders if it will do anything about it England's...
buff.ly
April 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This week on Wonkhe: England's universities regulator has found measures designed to protect students to be outdated, insufficient and ineffective in practice. Jim Dickinson wonders if it will do anything about it
Fab new website for the Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub based at @bnuni.bsky.social Aylesbury Campus
#PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing
buckscommunityhub.com
#PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing
buckscommunityhub.com
Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub
buckscommunityhub.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fab new website for the Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub based at @bnuni.bsky.social Aylesbury Campus
#PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing
buckscommunityhub.com
#PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing
buckscommunityhub.com