Lin B

Lin B

@linb.bsky.social

Thrice retired Nurse & Consultant in Public Health. Love festivals, travel, cheese, Wales, London, Africa, Australia, Vegas, dogs. Reformed revolutionary. Former Chair of RCN Congress. Views all mine. #nursesky

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Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Been busy with summer festivals, both having fun and working in the healthcare provision. Glad we finally have rain in the UK but sad that festival season is over for this year. Last sunset of last night at my last festival (Reading)

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Nursing in Practice
@nursinginpractice.bsky.social

In a keynote address at RCN Congress today, Professor Nicola Ranger demanded an update on pay for those in the NHS and general practice, and stressed that all nurses needed a ‘significant pay rise’ urgently #nursesky

buff.lyPractices nurses must not wait any longer for pay update, says RCN chiefGeneral practice nurses (GPNs) must not be expected to wait any longer for news on their pay for 2025/26, the chief executive
Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Finally back home in the UK after a month travelling across Canada. It was an interesting time to be visiting - antics south of their border, new PM and now an election. Didn’t meet a single Canadian who thought they ought to be part of the USA though!

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Royal College of Nursing
@rcn.org.uk

From work-life balance to health tourism, and international student hardship and understanding neurodiversity, our 2025 Congress agenda offers a huge selection of vibrant and vital debates for RCN members. #RCN25 Find out more and book your free place ✅ buff.ly/DUhXfjs

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
@sheencr.bsky.social

Unfucking believable as CDC is suddenly launching a study into exploring possible links with MMR and autism. I wonder who might have initiated this? 🤔 to be clear There is NO link and this has already been debunked in massive studies 🧪🧵

reuters.comExclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources sayThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.
Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Very worrying news

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social

U.S. CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health. The EIS ‘disease detectives’ investigate outbreaks around the world, by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t... via @statnews.com #GlobalHealth

statnews.comCDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public healthMembers of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

I have contacted my MP to ask him to support this bill, using the website www.writetothem.com/write Please think about doing the same @alisonleary1.bsky.social @leannehpatrick.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social

Dawn Butler MP@dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social

🚨NEW: On Tuesday 11th February, I will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill seeking to make ‘nurse’ a protected title in UK law. Pleased to have support from and build on the vital Protect Nurse campaign. #ProtectNurse Read more: www.dawnbutler.org.uk/ten_minute_r...

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Royal College of Nursing Wales
@thercnwales.bsky.social

We're standing in solidarity with nurses, students and lecturers protesting outside Cardiff Uni today and highlighting critical concerns about the proposal to close its School of Nursing. We're calling for urgent action to protect nursing and ensure a sustainable future for the profession in Wales.

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Woke up this morning with a quote going through my head “Hope is the thing with feathers”. No idea why. It’s from an Emily Dickinson poem according to Google

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Very good to see you all! It was a hard slog but I think we have a great agenda and 2025 congress will be excellent

Clare Manley@mannersofmarple.bsky.social

A productive 2 days @rcn.org.uk with the Agenda Committee full of tough decisions - hard but positive work with passionate & hardworking folk - Congress25 will be amazing 🥰 Heading home to see the family now xx 😘

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Royal College of Nursing
@rcn.org.uk

Today we've released a devastating report on the crisis of patients being treated in inappropriate settings in our NHS. With over 5000 testimonies from nursing staff, the report reveals how widespread this crisis has become, and how it's putting lives at risk. Read more: https://bit.ly/3WiS8wB

youtube.comNicola Ranger launches the RCN Corridor Care ReportRCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger launches the RCN report on corridor care in the UK.

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Royal College of Nursing
@rcn.org.uk

Unsafe and undignified treatment in corridors, cupboards and car parks is not acceptable and must end. Read our full letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP and NHS England, calling for an end to treating patients in unsafe spaces ➡️ bit.ly/424Q8f7

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com

A hospital is recruiting nurses to work 12-hour shifts in its corridors caring for sick patients stuck waiting for a bed. Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said corridor care was a sign of the “total acceptance of failure” by the NHS

thetimes.comHospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses to ease NHS crisisThe new jobs have been labelled a ‘total acceptance of failure’ as oxygen lines are installed outside wards
Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Waited 11 weeks for non-urgent appointment with my GP. Saw her yesterday. Within 24 hours I have an X-ray booked, physio referral sorted, and outpatients requested. Despite the wait I still think the NHS is wonderful.

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

So I was today years’ old when I learnt about this. So far no pressies and no bloke has been by to do the housework 😊 Frankly its disappointing

Fr Grant Ciccone@fathergrant.bsky.social

Today, on Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas), let’s celebrate the phenomenal women in our lives. I’m grateful for our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, and the day is traditionally marked by 12 candles in the window. Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh go léir!

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

For those of you that cannot stomach too much of Laura Kuenssberg - here is the important bit from this morning's episode. The other important bit would be LK not correcting the odious Farage when he called for an inquiry into child sexual exploitation, there have been quite a few already!

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Prof Nicola Ranger, "30,000 nursing vacancies in England alone.. 131,000 vacancies in social care" Laura Kuenssberg, "What's the answer?" Prof Nicola Ranger, "Nursing staff had had their pay reduced by 25% since 2010"

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Hope 2025 is good for all of you. My old year ended on 31/12 with a trip to see some seals in Norfolk. The photo sums up how I’m feeling after all of the mince pies 😊😊

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Thank you to all the nurses and other key workers who are working today. Hope you enjoy your time off when it arrives! 🎄🎄🎄

Lin B
@linb.bsky.social

Hope @rcn.org.uk branches and forums are planning their resolutions - deadline for submission is the 8th January

Royal College of Nursing Wales @thercnwales.bsky.social

The highlight of the nursing calendar is back. Join us in Liverpool from 12 to 15 May 2025 for four days of enriching professional and personal development. www.rcn.org.uk/congress/