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4 blog posts
  • Julie Duncan Julie Duncan 18 May 2023

    Recognising World IBD Day - 19 May 2023

    IBD is a significant disease and most nurses working in GI will have contact with patients with IBD, often at their most vulnerable. Nurses working within IBD care have an important role within the care and management of people living with IBD providing holistic, advanced care.

  • Claire Coughlan Claire Coughlan 13 Apr 2023

    Bowel cancer awareness month

    April is bowel cancer awareness month, Claire Coughlan reflects on specialist nursing in colorectal cancer. 

  • Kathy Whayman Kathy Whayman 19 Jan 2023

    The 3 L's: Listening Learning and Leading

    The RCN Gastrointestinal (GI) Forum Annual Strategy Day is upon us once again and my first as Chair of this great Forum.

  • Rebekah Hill Rebekah Hill 2 Jul 2020

    From novice to expert and back again

    A senior nurse endoscopist, Irene Dunkley, reflects on her journey from the novice new recruit, to becoming an expert nurse endoscopist, to feeling a novice once again as she moves to becoming a lecturer in Higher Education.