Welcome to Nursing Matters, the brand new podcast from the Royal College of Nursing.
The pandemic is bringing out the very best in nursing – and reminding the public just how invaluable the profession is. What have we learned from this once-in-a-generation crisis? How can we use that knowledge to make the profession more effective in future? And what kind of new deal do nursing staff deserve after all their efforts?
Every two weeks on Nursing Matters, we’ll bring together experts from the RCN Professional Nursing Committee along with some special guests to talk about what really matters to nursing.
From inspirational innovations and pioneering practice to pay, conditions and health and care policy - we’ll look at it all. And we’ll stand up for nursing all the way.
That’s Nursing Matters – available now wherever you get your podcasts.
Nursing Matters is a Podmasters production for the RCN.
This special edition of Nursing Matters focuses on our brilliant nursing support workers across the UK, to recognise their invaluable contribution as the RCN celebrates its annual Nursing Support Workers’ Day. We’re talking about the critical roles they play, how they deserve better recognition, and why this vital but often neglected element of the nursing workforce should get the best education and training opportunities for career development.
Our special guests are Tara Johnson, a healthcare assistant working with children and young people at Torbay Hospital, and Richard Griffin, Professor of Healthcare Management at King’s College, London.
“I have a thing, every time I go to work, which is as long as I make one person smile on my shift, I've done my job.” Tara Johnson, Healthcare Assistant working with children and young people
“The amount of skills and training and support I've got to get to where I am now and the amount I've achieved with that support is absolutely incredible.” Tara Johnson
“Workforces that reflect their local populations have better health outcomes, and also tend to be more diverse as well.” Richard Griffin, Professor of healthcare management at King's College London
“I hope that support workers everywhere feel not only that their employers and colleagues value them but the NHS as a whole values them.”
Nursing Matters is presented by PNC chair Rachel Hollis PNC Member for Wales Carolyn Middleton.. We want know what YOU want us to discuss on the podcast. Let us know by tweeting @theRCN with the tag #NursingMatters
Presented by Rachel Hollis and Carolyn Middleton. Audio production by Alex Rees. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music: ‘Snappy’ by Jonathan Boyle under licence from premiumbeat.com. Nursing Matters is a Podmasters Production for the RCN.
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28 Oct 2022
Black History Month and Mental Health
October is Black History Month, an opportunity for the RCN to spotlight the contributions of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic nurses across the profession. Dr. Ann Mitchell is a practitioner, educator and researcher in mental health nursing. She talks about her work: challenging stereotypes, stigma and the racism faced by both service users and those who care for them – highlighting the importance of transcultural care, and equal opportunities.
Nursing Matters is presented by PNC chair Rachel Hollis and committee member for the West Midlands Ray McMorrow. Tell us what YOU want us to discuss on the podcast by tweeting @theRCN with the tag #NursingMatters
“Human rights are an important part of mental health care.” - Ann Mitchell
‘’I'm an action researcher…, and I believe if you collaborate in your work together, you can gain so much more’’. Ann Mitchell
“Institutional racism, which is part of a systemic racism… can act as that barrier to promotion.” - Ann Mitchell
‘’We want to have change, we want to be valued, we want to be given our true worth for the work that we're doing’’. – Ann Mitchell
Presented by Rachel Hollis. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Producer Jelena Sofronijevic. Music: 'Snappy’ by Jonathan Boyle under licence from premiumbeat.com. Nursing Matters is a Podmasters Production for the RCN.
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30 Sept 2022
Fair pay protects patient safety
The nursing workforce in crisis – this week’s Nursing Matters hears from Professor Alison Leary, a Fellow of the RCN whose areas of expertise include health care and workforce modelling, and patient safety.
Why is the nursing workforce in such a precarious position? How could this crisis be solved? As RCN members are asked to vote for strike action, why is nursing pay pivotal to the health, safety and wellbeing of the nursing profession, and the UK population?
“We have a perfect storm now of pay restraint and an exhausted workforce that can't put his head above the parapet to even think about anything, an ageing workforce, and really poor working conditions…pay is one of the issues certainly.”
I get messages from nurses pretty much every day, telling me they're the only registered nurse on for a ward for 32 patients with maybe a nursing associate and some support workers, or very commonly, they have 15 patients in an acute medical or surgical setting. All the evidence tells us that that's unsafe.”
“The voice of nursing is the voice of the vulnerable, it’s the voice of patients. It is the voice of social justice. And without that voice, I really would fear what would happen to society in the future, particularly the people in society that can't speak for themselves.”
Nursing Matters is presented by PNC chair Rachel Hollis and PNC committee member Carolyn Middleton. Tell us what YOU want us to discuss on the podcast by tweeting @theRCN with the tag #NursingMatters
Presented by Rachel Hollis. Audio production by Alex Rees. Producer Jelena Sofronijevic. Music: 'Snappy’ by Jonathan Boyle under licence from premiumbeat.com. Nursing Matters is a Podmasters Production for the RCN.
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