Vickie Kearney is Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service Team Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Vickie supports young people experiencing mental illness and their families.  Why I wanted to become a nurse Whilst completing a BTEC at college I gained work experience every term in different health and social […]

The NHS and three voluntary sector organisations are boosting their partnership to support people this winter. This follows the success of last year’s collaboration which directly supported over 8,000 patients across the country. Whilst the NHS and voluntary sector maintain a close partnership all year round, this is increased during the winter months to support […]

Lorraine Bishop is a Senior Children’s Community Nurse (CNN) for Solent NHS Trust, covering Portsmouth and the South East Hampshire. She helps provide care to children and young people with chronic or complex health conditions in their own homes.  What’s your background? I’ve worked in the community since qualifying in 2010. As a student nurse I loved my placements with the Children’s Community Nursing Team so I knew straight […]

Lisa Kenney, is a Health Protection Practitioner for Public Health England based in Kent. She is a registered Nurse and Midwife and has delivered over 100 babies.  What does your job involve? I’m part of a team that responds to notifications of infectious diseases in the county. This includes managing outbreaks of infections, attempting to […]

Rosalyyn Austin works as a Specialist Research Nurse, in Cardiology at Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust & University of Southampton. Find out more about her role and how Rosalynn’s work will contribute to and create new knowledge in chronic heart failure.  Why I wanted to become a nurse  The pathway I followed into nursing was not […]

Amanda Naylor works closely with our Thames Valley Cancer Alliance to improve cancer care for patients. As World Cancer Day coincides with Year of the Nurse and Midwife, she tells us all about her job as a Macmillan Head and Neck Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Why I wanted to become a nurse  I was late to nursing.  […]

Duncan Burton, Chief Nurse for the NHS in the South East, explains what he does and demonstrates how fulfilling the nursing profession can be.  Why I wanted to become a nurse I wanted to be a nurse since the age of 15, because I wanted to help people and make a difference. Both my parents […]

Hundreds of lives will be spared every year in England thanks to a more sensitive cervical screening test rolled out as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. NHS experts said that there is “potential” to eliminate cervical cancer completely thanks to the change in primary test within the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme, combined […]

Marion Lynch, Deputy Medical Director at NHS England and NHS Improvement South East and Leadership Consultant at NHS Leadership Academy, shares her story. Why I wanted to become a nurse You could say I come from a nursing dynasty. Five of my aunties were nurses working across the world. I saw the difference they made […]

Katie Watkins talks about her unique role as a Integrated Digital Midwife at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.  Why I wanted to become a midwife Midwifery wasn’t on my radar at all when I left college. I wanted to work in London for any large corporate company and in order to do so I decided […]