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454 blog posts
  • Lisa Higgins Lisa Higgins 1 Oct 2025

    Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

    In this blog Lisa talks about her role as a Menstruality coach.    

  • Amanda Williams Amanda Williams 1 Oct 2025

    EASD 2025 - Updates for our members

    In this blog, Amanda, current acting Chair of the RCN Diabetes Forum, shares about what updates were discussed for practice at the 61st 2025 European Association for the Study of Diabetes and what you need to know for practice.

  • Hayley Leonard Hayley Leonard 1 Oct 2025

    Collaborative cancer care

    This blog provides an update on one of the Cancer Forum's strategic priorities - enhancing education through collaboration between cancer specialist and non-cancer specialist nurses.

  • Sharon Mitchel Sharon Mitchel 29 Sep 2025

    Celebrating Pride in Milton Keynes

    RCN South East member Sharon Mitchel describes how her Pride events in Milton Keynes have gone from strength to strength.

  • Review of Band 5 Nursing Roles David David 29 Sep 2025

    'I rediscovered a sense of value'

    Read nurse David’s experience of achieving success in the band 5 nursing roles review

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 26 Sep 2025

    Pioneers of mental health nursing: An introduction

    This blog provides an introduction to six pioneers of mental health nursing who changed the ways in which we thought about or changed our practice. 

  • Maddy Dunningham Maddy Dunningham 26 Sep 2025

    Empowering access to cervical screening

    This blog looks at the Very Important Invitation Project, a unique service running across Suffolk and North East Essex with the main aim of increasing accessibility and uptake of cervical screening. The project focuses on removing barriers to cervical screening for those most at risk of health inequality.

  • Bejoy Sebastian Bejoy Sebastian 26 Sep 2025

    Our diversity is our strength

    RCN President Bejoy Sebastian celebrates the diversity of the nursing profession and looks forward to Black History Month.

  • Yvonne Coghill CBE Yvonne Coghill CBE 24 Sep 2025

    Without nurses from the Global Majority, where would the NHS be?

    RCN Fellow Yvonne Coghill CBE calls on senior nurses to do what they can to improve equality and equity in their organisations during these distressing times.

  • Rebekah Overend Rebekah Overend 23 Sep 2025

    Caring behind the walls: Youth prison nursing

    Children and Young People Nurses advocate for young people's rights, promote health equity, and contribute to rehabilitation. The role of the Prison Nurse is not just about treatment—it's about trust, transformation, and hope.

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