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20 blog posts
  • Melissa Stanton Melissa Stanton 26 Mar 2025

    Resilience in Care: Leadership, Trust, and the Strength of a Supportive Team

    Lead Nurse North West for Independent Health and Social Care, Melissa Stanton, looks at the importance of building resilience in ourselves and our teams. 

  • Simon Browes Simon Browes 12 Mar 2025

    An introduction to our new NW Regional Director

    Introducing Simon Browes. 

  • Sanjithkumar Nair Sanjithkumar Nair 14 Jan 2025

    A Personal and Professional Journey

    The thoughts of Sanjithkumar Nair as he takes up his new role as the Chair of the RCN North West Regional Board. 

  • Melissa Stanton Melissa Stanton 19 Dec 2024

    IHSC in the North West in 2024

    A round-up of what's happened in the region this year from North West Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care, Melissa Stanton.

  • Carmel O'Boyle Carmel O'Boyle 10 Dec 2024

    A New Chapter for the Region

    A blog from our outgoing RCN North West Board Chair, Carmel O'Boyle. 

  • Estephanie Dunn Estephanie Dunn 10 Dec 2024

    A Fond Farewell

    The final blog before her retirement from outgoing North West Regional Director, Estephanie Dunn. 

  • Lisa Broad Lisa Broad 10 Dec 2024

    How the RCN's Job Evaluation project helped me

    One member reflects on the help she received from RCN North West to have her role re-banded. 

  • Sumbo Campbell Sumbo Campbell 23 Oct 2024

    Sumbo's Mercy Ship Mission

    My sabbatical took me on an epic journey from the city of Manchester to the green country of Sierra Leone.

  • Mojibola Odusanya Mojibola Odusanya 2 Oct 2024

    How much has changed since Mary Seacole?

    Black History Month - Has the issue of racial discrimination in nursing improved in the last 150 years?

  • Sanjithkumar Nair Sanjithkumar Nair 2 Aug 2024

    Thoughts and condolences for Kerala

    A devastating landslide has so far claimed the lives of almost 300 people in Kerala, India.  Sanjith Nair, a North West Board member who hails from Kerala, was alarmed to hear about how the rain in the southern coastal state caused landslides in the hills of Wayanad district early on Tuesday, whilst many slept.  He shares his thoughts.