This final blog in our October spotlight on menopause comes from Ruth Bailey and Debra Holloway who give an outline of their specialist nursing roles across both secondary and primary care. Menopause Specialist in Primary Care- Why do that? Ruth Bailey MSc BSc (Hons) RGN DCSRH Onc Cert QN ANP, Sexual Health, HavensHealth I currently […]
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Navigating menopause – why hype may be harmful.
This is the third blog in a spotlight series on menopause throughout October. This week the blog comes from Kathy Abernethy (MClinSci, RN) who is Director of Coombe Menopause Clinic and ‘the menopause course’, an educational programme for nurses. With more than 25 years NHS experience, she is past Chair of the British Menopause Society […]
Menopause: Working smarter for everyone in the health and social care workplace.
The second blog in this spotlight series on menopause comes from Dr Camille Cronin, Professor of Nursing in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex and specialises in the impacts of menopause in the workplace. Menopause is no longer a taboo topic and is discussed on national platforms, in boardrooms, […]
Beyond the Hype: Reclaiming Menopause with Evidence, Equity, and Empathy
This blog marks the first in a series designed to shine a spotlight on the topic of menopause throughout October and in view of World Menopause Awareness day on 18th October 2025. The blog is jointly written by Claire Mann, Neelam Heera and Nina Kuypers Claire is a women’s health researcher based at Warwick Medical […]
Gen Z nursing students are changing the classroom: why this is a good thing for students and educators.
Generation Z (Gen Z) is becoming a large proportion of the nursing work force possessing unique skills and attributes which can be harnessed by nurse educators. This week’s blog by Amy Phelan (amy.phelan.2@citystgeorges.ac.uk), Children’s Nursing Lecturer at City St Georges and Practice Educator for Great Ormond Street, considers some opportunities and challenges relevant to all […]
Saving lives, supporting communities: novel ways to incorporate contemporary issues into undergraduate nurse education
This week’s blog is by Natalie Finch (N.Finch1@bradford.ac.uk), assistant professor of mental health nursing at the University of Bradford, UK. Natalie shared her award-winning innovation, supporting student nurses to respond to drug overdoses. During 2023, 6620 people in England, Wales and Scotland died of a drug overdose (1, 2). This is the highest overdose […]
Facilitation and preceptorship: evidence-based approaches to supporting students, new registrants and staff
This week’s blog Dr Colleen Ryan (c.l.ryan@cqu.edu.au) who is visiting with colleagues and organisations in the UK from Australia to understand approaches to preceptorship In this blog she describes facilitation and preceptorship, two different practice education approaches for which she has produced evidence-based professional development models. I entered academia originally to learn the craft of […]
Improving discharge guidance for South Asian families affected by Congenital Heart Disease
The BRIDGE project: Research to improve discharge guidance for South Asian families affected by congenital heart disease In this blog, Dr Luong Tran, a PhD student researcher at Birmingham City University, describes the design of the BRIDGE study to improve discharge planning for non-English-speaking parents and explains how the study contributes to addressing research gaps […]
WAIT-UP SLT: Exploring Experiences of Waiting within Children’s Speech and Language Therapy
This week’s blog is written by DHealth candidate, and Senior Lecturer, Gillian Rudd from Birmingham City University. Gill’s blog is about her DHealth study WAIT-UP SLT: Exploring Experiences of Waiting within Children’s Speech and Language Therapy. Communication is a human right Speech and language therapists are allied health professionals who support people of all […]
Seeing Beyond the Bedside: A Psychology Student’s Research Internship Journey on PICU
This week’s blog is written by NIHR undergraduate intern, Abi Steward, who will be commencing an integrated Master’s programme at the University of Birmingham @UoB_SoP in September. Abi was supervised by Sam Finn and Helen Winmill, and the PICU Research Team. Seeing Beyond the Bedside: A Psychology Student’s Research Internship Journey on PICU In the […]