Pay Banding for SPQ Nurses

competency in practice on completing the SPQ. I feel it should be reflected in an increase of salary to compensate for the additional professional accountability and performance. Having almost completed…

Research Careers

…research-related journeys. A guide to starting out in clinical academic research With a grant from UK Research and Innovation (Enhancing Research Culture), the School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton,…

Dr Rebecca Myers

…which enabled her to understand the day to day reality of community healthcare. She completed a doctorate in complexity and management at the University of Hertfordshire Business School in 2023….

Improving access to palliative care for people who are homeless

…toolkit will be online soon at www.homelesspalliativecare.com . The next steps for this project include piloting the roll out of this training and building communities of support for frontline homelessness…

Five Ways to Wellbeing

…friend or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out as well as in. Seeing yourself, and you happiness liked to the wider community…

Masterclass: Value of research for patients and community nursing (recording)

This free 1-hour masterclass focussed on the value of research for patients and community nursing and was open to all community nurses interested in research. This masterclass is part of…

Nursing research advice drop-in sessions

…already begun your research journey, please come along for a chat. Are you curious about research but don’t know where to start? Have you been involved in research and want…

Partnership Working around the Identification and Management of People with Diabetes

…adjustments were in place, that were not meeting all needs. Data searches A hospital data search was undertaken to identify people experiencing homelessness with diabetes within the clinics. However, when…

Professor Vari Drennan MBE

…moving into community nursing research, professional development and then senior NHS management posts. She was the Director of the Primary Care Nursing Research Unit at University College London (2005-7) before…

Working with Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities

…Background information Parliamentary briefing paper – Gypsies and Travellers – 2019 Qualitative Health Research – Engaging GRT communities in research – 2019 House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee –…