RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2024
Inclusivity in nurse research: working together to make a difference
10 Sep 2024 - 12 Sep
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THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Nurse-led research aims to achieve positive impact for all. However, key populations continue to be under-represented and under-served in our research.
This year’s RCN International Nursing Research Conference will specifically showcase research that addresses the needs of under-served populations. We will also celebrate research that uses innovative designs to facilitate inclusion of all stakeholders.
The programme will also feature:
- research with under-served populations
- research using inclusive methods and/or achieving true diversity
- inter-disciplinary research
- clinical effectiveness and nursing research
- evaluating change
- patient experience and the role of research
- health and social care policy research
- the impact of research on nurse-sensitive outcomes.
New for 2024 - Clinical Research Nursing
We are delighted that for the very first time, this year’s conference will include see day two (Weds 11 Sept) have specific sessions focused on Clinical Research Nursing and are open to all delegates. We hope that this will support learning across nurses who deliver research and will also be of interest to those that lead and design research. The programme on this day will highlight advances, challenges and solutions and share best practice within clinical research nursing and enable networking with colleagues from both delivery and nurse research backgrounds.
View the programme and keynote speakers.
Are you presenting at this year's conference? If so, check out the presenter information.
Target audience
The conference is open to anyone interested in nursing and research. It will be of interest to nurses, and colleagues in related disciplines, involved in the development and use of knowledge that impacts on nursing practice or the context in which nurses’ practice.
Please note this will be an in-person conference. All presenters are required to register to attend the conference in person to present.
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Northumbria University
City Campus East 1 (CCE1), Business and Law Building
12 Falconar Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE2 1XA
For more information, visit our ‘Getting Here…’ page to find out more!
We understand that driving is sometimes a necessity, for external car parks in Newcastle City Centre, please see below:
John Dobson Street, Newcastle, NE1 8HL
Argyll Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6PF
We also have a number of Blue Badge spaces available across campus, these are available on a first come first service basis and therefore so not require reservation ahead of your visit.
View the full programme.
Download the full conference programme in PDF format. Note this is liable to changes. The online or app version will be most up to date.
Download the Clinical Research Nursing programme.
Download the book of abstracts.
Please note the programme is subject to change. If you are a presenter, we suggest you regularly check the programme to keep up to do date.
We are delighted to announce our stellar line-up of keynote speakers.
Day 1
Jane Ball, Director, RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence
Jane Ball is director, RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence. Her research has focused on nursing employment and deployment, looking at how features of nurse staffing affect care quality, patient outcomes and nurses themselves. The unifying aim of the many studies she has led has been to identify conditions needed to allow nurses to deliver excellent care and have satisfying and sustainable careers. She has worked at the Institute for Employment Studies, as policy adviser at the RCN, and as deputy director of the National Nursing Research Unit (King’s College London). For the past ten years, Professor Ball has been based at the University of Southampton. She was made a fellow of the RCN in 2019.
Professor Carl May
Carl May is Professor of Health Systems Implementation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Carl works closely with clinical researchers and his work has focused on developing a richer understanding of the development and implementation of innovative healthcare technologies, and other complex healthcare interventions. His work in this field includes leading the projects to develop Normalization Process Theory (NPT) and Burden of Treatment Theory (BoT).
NPT and BoT help us to understand the factors that promote and inhibit the effective adoption, implementation, and integration of clinical innovations in healthcare. They have informed more than 1600 published protocols, empirical studies, reviews, and dissertations with many more currently in progress.
Talk title: Fighting inequalities through better intervention and service design
Dr. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi RN PhD FRCN
Lead Nurse for Research/NIHR ICA Clinical Lecturer, Moorfields NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
Roxanne is a clinical academic ophthalmic nurse, an honorary Associate Professor at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, and the interim Programme Director for the NIHR Senior Research Leader programme. She has a particular interest in population health for underserved communities. She is the recipient of numerous national and international awards including the RCN Researcher of the year 2023, ARVO Advocacy in Eyes and Vision research and Fellow of the RCN. She was recently promoted the Professor of Ophthalmic Health and Care at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
Talk title: Nursing whilst Black: Trials, Tribulation and Successes in Research
Day 2
International speaker
Professor Rhonda Wilson RN CMHN PhD
Professor of Mental Health Nursing, RMIT University, Australia
Professor Rhonda Wilson is an internationally recognised mental health nursing scientist with a research focus on digital health interventions. She is Professor of Mental Health Nursing at RMIT University, Melbourne Australia, where she leads an innovative digital mental health nursing laboratory. She specialises in research and education on topics of mental health nursing, digital health, First Nations health and menopause.
As a Wiradjuri (First Nation) descendent, she is a vigorous advocate and activist for the promotion of cultural safety and decolonisation in our education, research and health institutions.
She has published extensively in international journals, books and conferences. She has a track record of leading national and international mental health mixed methods research programs, including using methods suited to priority populations, and First Nations peoples. Professor Wilson has worked in a wide range of rural and regional clinical registered nursing roles throughout Australia and in academic roles in Australia, Denmark and New Zealand. During lockdown restrictions at the height of a COVID-19 outbreak in 2021, she partnered with Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (an ‘outback’ health service in Walgett, NSW, Australia) and her university colleagues, to go and undertake an early humanitarian vaccination campaign to provide urgent protection for the Walgett community. This was the first instance of COVID-19 encountered in an Aboriginal community in Australia.
Professor Wilson continues with a wide international and national network and program of research based flexibly on traditional Darkinjung Country, Central Coast NSW, Australia. She leads her profession of mental health nursing in Australia as the current President of the peak association: Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
Talk title: Culturally aligned methods and models for priority populations
Clinical research nursing speaker
Dr. Linda Tinkler PhD, RN
Trust Lead for Nursing, Midwifery & AHP Research, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Linda is a Nurse, Florence Nightingale Scholar and one of the NIHR’s 70@70 Senior Nurse Leaders. Linda leads research capacity and capability building for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs at Newcastle Hospitals, having worked in research roles for the last 15 years. Her own research focuses on NHS culture and behaviours that may impact on the delivery of research in clinical settings. Her work has so far provided unique insights into the professional identity of Clinical Research Nurses, the barriers and facilitators to engaging with research at different levels in the NHS and their impact on research success. Linda has designed and led a range of research training and capacity development programmes and led a successful £3.2m charitable grant application to form the Newcastle Hospitals NMAHP Researcher Development Institute.
Day 3
Prof. Annette Hand
Prof. Doc (Health), MA, Pg Dip (CR), Dip HE, RGN
Professor of Nursing – Clinical Academic, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/Northumbria University
Annette began her nursing career in 1991 studying at the Northumbria School of Nursing. Post qualification she worked across various settings including orthopedics, community nursing and palliative care. Annette has worked within a specialist Parkinson’s Team in the UK for over 26 years, starting as the Research Associate before obtaining a nurse specialist post. For 17 years she worked as a Nurse Consultant in Parkinson’s coordinating the Parkinson’s service, supporting patients and their families and managing a team of Parkinson’s specialist nurses.
As an autonomous practitioner Annette is responsible for diagnosis and management of all stages of Parkinson’s. She has worked on and been involved with multiple research studies at a local, national and international level, including non-motor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, Information Prescriptions and Care Needs in Parkinson’s. Her doctorate focused on understanding carer stain and its relationship to care home placement for people with Parkinson’s. Following her doctoral studies Annette is now developing interventions to help improve the quality of life, and health outcomes, for care partners of people with Parkinson’s.
Educationally, Annette has been teaching within Higher Education since 2004. She currently teaches on several post graduate courses for Northumbria University and her interests include non-medical prescribing, Parkinson’s, clinical research and research impact.
Annette has continued to have an active research role and been involved with multiple research studies at a local, national, and international level and has published multiple peer reviewed articles. In 2021, in recognition for her research work in Parkinson’s Annette was appointed to Professor of Nursing – Clinical Academic, the first post of its type in the North East of England. Annette now divides her time between clinical practice, research, and education.
Presenter Guidance
If you have not pre-uploaded your presentation slides by 5 Sept, please bring with you to the conference and report to the 'Speaker point' located next to the registration desk, where an AV colleague will assist. They will ensure this is uploaded to the correct room / session.
• Flash talk
Flash talks are strictly timed 5-minute presentations delivered in main plenary session (i.e. to whole conference) and provide the opportunity for your findings to reach a large number of delegates but in a concise form. Following fellow flash talk presentations there will the opportunity for a 10 minute Q&A.
Download flash talk presenter guidance.
• Concurrent oral (25 minutes)
Concurrent papers are presented orally. Concurrent sessions are 25 minutes in duration. Each presenter is allocated a maximum of 20 minutes to speak followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
Download oral presenter guidance.
• Symposia (60 – 90 minutes)
A symposium is an oral presentation of between three and five papers with a shared focus. The duration of a symposium is normally 60 or 90 minutes depending on the number of papers.
• Posters (one day)
Exhibited on one day of the conference, posters are visual displays of material. Poster displays reach a wide audience and are suited to the presentation of factual data, such as project design or findings. Posters should be visually stimulating in design and convey clear aims and outcomes. Poster presenters participate in a facilitated, interactive poster tour during the lunch break, providing an excellent opportunity to interact with delegates.
Download poster presenter guidance.
• ViPER (25 minutes)
A ViPER is an evaluation of Visual Presentation with Expert Review. This method involves a short oral presentation of a poster with no more than 3 presentation slides, followed by expert commentary and facilitated group discussion and debate. ViPERs support audience interactivity and provide an increased opportunity for active engagement in discussion.
Download ViPER presenter guidance.
If you have any queries which aren’t answered by the above guidelines please contact research@rcn.org.uk
Programme slot Alterations may be made to the programme affecting the time of sessions prior to the conference. To keep up-to-date with any developments affecting the conference programme, we suggest checking the conference website regularly.
Terms and conditions
Prior to preparing and delivering your presentation, we strongly advise that you read the RCN’s conference terms and conditions.
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Oral presenter
Poster presenter
DEADLINE FOR BOOKING THE PRESENTER RATE IS FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2024.
Presenter rates cannot be booked online. To book the presenter rate and pay by credit/debit card please contact RCN Event Registrations on 02920 546460. Please have your abstract reference number to hand. Alternatively, we can invoice your employer, please complete the invoice process below.
International delegates
- All international delegates attending this event are entitled to the RCN member rate.
- International student nurses (pre-registration only) are also eligible for a 40% discount on the RCN member rate.
- Refer to discount section for exclusions and conditions*.
Not an RCN member? Join today to qualify for preferential conference fees.
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Member (1 day fee) |
£ 225.00 |
£45.00 |
£ 270.00 |
£ 202.50 |
£ 40.50 |
£ 243.00 |
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Non-member (1 day fee ) |
£ 291.00 |
£ 58.20 |
£ 349.20 |
£ 261.90 |
£ 52.38 |
£ 314.28 |
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Member (2 day fee ) |
£ 300.00 |
£ 60.00 |
£ 360.00 |
£ 270.00 |
£ 54.00 |
£ 324.00 |
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Non-member (2 day fee) |
£ 388.00 |
£ 77.60 |
£ 465.60 |
£ 349.20 |
£ 69.84 |
£ 419.04 |
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Member (3 day fee) |
£ 375.00 |
£ 75.00 |
£ 450.00 |
£ 318.75 |
£ 63.77 |
£ 382.50 |
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Non- member (3 day fee) |
£ 485.00 |
£ 97.00 |
£ 582.00 |
£ 412.25 |
£ 82.45 |
£ 494.70 |
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Member: Pre-reg student, Retired, health practitioner (3 day / 40% discount) |
£ 225.00 |
£ 45.00 |
£ 270.00 |
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Member: RCN representatives, forum steering committee (3 day / 25% discount) |
£ 281.25 |
£ 56.25 |
£ 337.50 |
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Conditions and exclusions
Please note: discounts cannot be accumulated or redeemed when booking online. Please contact RCN Events Registration to book a discounted place. |
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Catering during the conference programme and conference materials are provided within the conference fee. Travel, accommodation and catering outside of the conference programme are not included in the conference fee.
To make a booking
Online bookings are the easiest and fastest way to book 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Bookings can also be made by phone with payment by credit card/Maestro, by calling +44 (0) 2920 546460. Lines are open from 9.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
Invoice payment
To pay by invoice you must send all of the below to rcndeventsregistration@rcn.org.uk
- A copy of the official Purchase Order document from your organisation or company, addressed to supplier: Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London. W1G 0RN. We are unable to process your order without it, requisition orders are not accepted.
- Your Finance department/accounts payable contact email address to receive an electronic copy of the invoice from us.
- A completed RCN Events Booking Form for each delegate in the booking
Once the invoice has been raised, you will then receive confirmation of your delegate booking on the event requested. Invoices are to be paid within 30 days of the invoice being issued.
We always endeavour to process your booking as quickly as possible, however, this process can sometimes take up to 10 working days.
So that we can process your booking quickly, please send all the booking forms and the Purchase Order to us together on the same email.
Is this conference for me?
Attending this conference provides a quality assured opportunity to improve nursing practice, learn, network, and discuss and debate the challenges facing the future nursing workforce.
It will be of particular interest to all current and aspiring nurses, and colleagues in related disciplines, involved in the development and use of knowledge that impacts on nursing practice or the context in which nurses’ practice.
You can attend this conference as a presenting or as a non-presenting delegate. The conference provides the opportunity to:
- Hear how research is addressing contemporary nursing issues from inspirational keynote speakers
- Share and learn about cutting edge innovation in research methods, policy and management
- Showcase your research and your employer on an international stage
- Engage in supportive and constructive critical debate
- Discuss and debate the impact of research on health and social care policy and nursing practice
- Consider how you can use research findings to inform yours and colleagues’ nursing practice
- Network with like-minded colleagues – from those starting out in their careers through to distinguished keynote speakers
- Build new alliances and make new contacts
- Judge poster presentations – every vote counts
- Participate in a lively social programme
- Evaluate the event and contribute to future conference developments
- Accrue up to 27 hours of continuing professional development - for UK nurses CPD counts towards your revalidation.
Delegates can be confident that papers are reviewed with rigour and the programme is designed to create a high-quality forum in which to reflect on work, participate in networking events and discuss innovation in research.
Need a helping hand with securing time off or funding to attend? Please download these helpful hints and tips. Along with a template letter, to aid justification of attendance to your employer.
Conference information
If you have registered for the event using a work email address, there are occasions when firewall settings can block email communications reaching you. If you’re unable to locate your joining instructions, please contact a member of the events team on 0207 647 3577 or email research@rcn.org.uk
Registration
On arrival please make your way to the RCN registration desk which will be clearly signposted. You will be issued with conference materials, including a certificate of attendance and a name badge. Hot and cold breakfast items will be available through-out registration:
Tuesday 10 September – 8am – 9.15am
Wednesday 11 September – 7.45 – 9.10am
Thursday 12 September – 7.45 – 9.10am
Programme and Book of Abstracts
A copy of the programme is available to view online, abstracts are also included in this however a PDF e-book of abstracts is also available to download.
View programme
Mobile App
Last year we piloted a conference mobile app which received positive feedback and shall be using again this year. We recommend downloading this prior to the event.
By using the app you can tailor your own bespoke schedule, connect with other delegates, preview our exhibitors and sponsors among a host of other benefits.
Presenters
If you are presenting at the conference, we strongly advise you familiarise yourself with the presenter guidelines.
We are piloting receiving presentations in advance via the abstract management system; Exordo. Please see presenter guidance for deadlines and further details.
If you have not pre-uploaded your presentation slides by 5 Sept, please bring with you to the conference and report to the 'Speaker point' located next to the registration desk, where an AV colleague will assist. They will ensure this is uploaded to the correct room / session.
Chairs
Thank you to all those have assigned themselves as Chairs. Guidance and chair schedule can be found below.
Concurrent chair
Poster tour chair
Additional rooms
A nursing, prayer and quiet room will be available through-out the event. The quiet room will have the main hall live streamed – please note, this room is not to be used for telephone calls.
Best poster prize sponsored by Sage
There will be a prize for best poster on each day of the conference, sponsored by Sage, as voted for by conference delegates. Voting will be facilitated via the mobile app.
Concurrent and symposium sessions
Delegates are free to mix and match sessions. A 5-minute transition time to move between rooms/presentations has been allocated. Attendance will be on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so please ensure you arrive early at the room if there is a particular session you wish to attend. Fringe events If you plan to attend a morning fringe event, we encourage you to arrive 10 minutes before the start of the session to ensure you have time to get hot and cold breakfast items before the sessions begin at 8am. Networking and social activities Please check the programme for details on the following: Mobile phone charging We encourage you to attend the conference with a fully charged mobile phone to be able to access the conference app. However, there will also be a lockable mobile phone charging unit available. Headline sponsors
There will be an exhibition running alongside this event. These exhibitors have chosen to exhibit at this conference as they feel their products and/or services may be of interest to you. The exhibition also supports the conference, therefore please take the time to go and visit each exhibition stand during the exhibition viewing times.
Lunch
Lunch will be served at the time specified in the programme. If you have any specific dietary requirements, if you have not already done so, please inform us in advance so we can ensure your needs are catered for.
Specific requirements
If you have any specific requirements (e.g. hearing loop etc.), please inform us in advance so we can ensure the appropriate arrangements are in place.
Local taxis
Some local taxi companies we would recommend are: Uber information for Newcastle is available here.
Receipts and registration enquiries
If you require a receipt or have any queries relating to your registration or payment for this event please contact the RCN Events Registration team direct on 029 2054 6460 between 9am – 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, or email eventsreg@rcn.org.uk Cancellations and substitutions Only cancellations received one week before the start of the event will be refunded, minus a £25 administration fee. Regrettably, no refunds can be processed after this date. Please note: Substitutions are strictly only valid for an entire booking i.e. substitutions cannot be made on a 2-day attendance whereby, one colleague attends day 1 and the other on day 2. After the event Please take a few minutes to complete the evaluation at the end of the event. All answers will be treated in the strictest confidence and will help us to shape future events, both online and face to face. The RCN and RCN Research Forum look forward to welcoming you to the conference.
Alternatively, please contact staff on the registration desk at the event.
Places can be substituted at any time. Please contact the RCN Event Registrations team on 029 20546460 with details of name changes.
Benefits
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Create your own bespoke ‘My schedule’.
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‘Search’ your name to locate sessions you are involved in, be it presenting, chairing or an author.
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Utilise key word search to find relevant presentations and + to your ‘My schedule’
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View abstracts
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Participate in group conversation with fellow delegates using the ‘Conference chat’
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‘Connect’ with individuals and arrange 121’s.
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Browse our exhibitors and sponsors.
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Vote for the poster of the day
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Keep up to date with notifications from the conference organisers re. programme changes and prompts.
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Local restaurant and bar suggestions
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*New for 2024* - view posters! Download this step by step guide on how to view posters in the app.
Downloading the Exordo guidebook app
- Get started here: https://builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/inrc2024 alternatively scan this QR code
2. Tap “Download the app” to access the guide on your iOS and Android device.
3. Enter the passphrase: rcnresearch24
If you require a more detailed step by step guide with images on how to download the app, please view this document.
Congratulations to Cathryn Smith, Cardiff University and Ebenezer Akore Yeboah, Coventry University who have been granted a development opportunity to join this years Scientific Planning Committee to help review abstracts and shape 2024's conference programme.
View the video below to hear from fellow early career researchers on the benefits of attending the conference.
We have been made aware of several other conferences happening in the city at the time of the RCN conference. With this in mind, you may wish to secure your accommodation and pre-book restaurants if dining in larger groups.
For local information including restaurants and other attractions please visit https://newcastlegateshead.com/
Accommodation
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau have secured a number of special rates across various hotels.
View and book hotels.
If you have any queries about accommodation or require assistance with booking, please contact NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau on 0191 440 5757 or conventionbureau@ngi.org.uk
With thanks to the following:
- RCN Research Forum Committee and RCN CRN-subcommittee
Meet the Team | Research Society | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk)
Clinical Research Nurses sub committee | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk)
- International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP) members who donate their time to provide expert review of submitted conference abstracts
- Local organising committee who kindly promote the event locally and provide knowledge of the host city.
Northumbria University Colleagues:
Sarah Annesley, Mariyana Schoultz, Sasha Ban, Joy Shao, Maggie Coates, Dominic Simpson, Katie Hobbs, Amy Swift, Paul Gill
And Linda Tinkler, Newcastle Hospitals NHS FT and Louise Jones, Northumbria Healthcare NHS
- Conference Ambassdors (names tbc)
The RCN Research Forum is delighted to be working alongside our main sponsors to bring this year’s International Nursing Research Conference to Newcastle. Our thanks go to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria University, and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals for their generous support.
This conference and exhibition is an unrivalled opportunity for you to connect directly with nurse educators from across the UK, working at a range of levels, in the NHS, public or independent and voluntary sectors, universities and colleges.
There are a number of ways you can get involved, from networking to raise your profile to tailored commercial packages to help achieve specific objectives. Please contact the exhibitions team on +44 (0)20 7647 3959 or email exhibitions@rcn.org.uk
If you have any queries regarding the conference or call for abstract process, please contact the Events Team via:
Email: Research@rcn.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7647 3577
If your query relates to a booking please contact the Registration Team directly:
Email: eventsreg@rcn.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)29 2054 6460
Symposium abstracts are available to download below.
Symposium 3.1: National Institute for Health and Care Research Nursing and Midwifery Programmes
Symposium 6.1: The role of researchers in global health and social care for older people
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