Blog
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blog posts
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13 Apr 2023
"My hamster died"
Introducing Rian Gleave, our new Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care in the South East.
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13 Apr 2023
My rewarding career in the care home sector
RCN South East Board Member Rosemary Gorvin discusses her fulfilling career in the independent sector.
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14 Dec 2022
Why striking is the only option for nurses
On the eve of the RCN's historic strike action, South East nurse Charlie Rumary discusses why he feels strike action is the only option to secure the future of nursing.
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1 Sep 2020
Fair pay for nursing - get involved
South East Board Chair Ged Swinton explains why he is committed to the #FairPayForNursing campaign.
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16 Jun 2020
Virtual South East: are we missing a trick?
Twiddling my thumbs on a Sunday night, I wondered how I would spend the wet week ahead that I had booked off to attend RCN Congress. It was postponed months ago, added to the ever growing Covid-Casualty list of fractured plans and disappointments. I had been so looking forward to the thrill of Congress; meeting activists, fiery debates, innovative fringe activities and catching up with friends. Most of all, I needed a dose of that intoxicating buzz for Nursing, that Congress ignites.
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2 Jun 2020
Ged Swinton: Covid from my perspective
Covid has been a significant challenge across the globe as Chair of the South East regional board I have suspended my ANP training and returned to my first discipline of critical care to help in the covid response for critical care beds.
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13 May 2020
Jeremy Benton: April update from your Council member
As we pass six weeks of social distancing, nursing continues to rise to the challenges the pandemic throws at the South East. The challenges are different in different sectors, specialities, roles and workplaces and are evolving as each day passes.
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31 Mar 2020
Jeremy Benton: March update from your Council member
What a difference a month makes! This is not the blog I was hoping and expecting to write but in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are a number of issues - mainly around information and misinformation - that I think it is important to cover here.
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24 Feb 2020
Jeremy Benton: February update from your Council member
February update from the South East Council Member Jeremy Benton.
