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9 Oct 2025
Reading’s private nursing service, 1873 to 1940
In keeping with other voluntary hospitals in the late nineteenth century the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH), Reading, introduced a private nursing service. At the time, these were a popular employment option for many nurses. This blog uses the archival records of the RBH to explore the scheme.
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9 Oct 2025
Supporting Future Nurses: My Journey Back to the University of East Anglia
In this blog, Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, UK Professional Lead for Long-Term Conditions, talks about his experience of going back to the University of East Anglia (UEA) where he was once a nursing student, to now teach the next generation of students and how this MSc course is supporting nurses of the future.
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7 Oct 2025
Finding My Voice: My journey on the RCN Students Committee
Natasha Green, the former RCN Students Committee Eastern region representative, talks about the great personal and professional benefits the role has given her.
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2 Oct 2025
Pay, representation and new recruits – a busy autumn in prospect
The latest thoughts from North West Regional Director, Simon Browes.
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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.
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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.
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1 Oct 2025
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
In this blog Lisa talks about her role as a Menstruality coach.
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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.
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29 Sep 2025
'I rediscovered a sense of value'
Read nurse David’s experience of achieving success in the band 5 nursing roles review
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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.
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