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5 blog posts
  • Care Home Open Week Clare Roberts Clare Roberts 17 Jun 2025

    Why Research in Social Care Matters

    How providing high-quality care requires kindness and experience – and knowledge gained through research.

  • Nuno Santos Lopes Nuno Santos Lopes 25 Mar 2025

    Working in research in a London care home

    Nuno Santos Lopes discusses the importance of research for older people, their families and the wider community.

  • A nurse talks to a junior nurse with a third nurse in the background preparing a bed Jane Coad Jane Coad 25 Nov 2024

    The Repository Project: Supporting Collaboration and Connectivity in Nursing Research

    Research is an activity which nurses do as normal, core business. But attempting to find a nurse researcher expert in the UK can be very challenging and there is no quick, accessible mechanism to understand the scope, nature and activities of Registered Nurses in the UK leading research in health care. 

  • Kerry Micklewright Kerry Micklewright 23 Aug 2024

    Why nursing voices matter in shaping care home research

    Research undertaken in older adult care homes helps to drive innovation, but should be guided by what's important to residents and the people who support them – including nurses, who play a crucial part in residents' care. Do you have ideas about where care home research could make a difference?

  • Anne Howard and Niki Konsta Anne Howard and Niki Konsta 20 Jun 2024

    A guide to crafting and submitting research abstracts

    This blog aims to dispel fears that nurses may have around submitting research abstracts. We aim to empower nurses by providing a comprehensive guide on how they can confidently put together abstracts and contribute to the advancement of nursing knowledge.