Author: receivingconsent

Firstly.  And I state this most emphatically.  I am not an expert on gender.  In fact, the more I learn the more I realise I have so much more to learn.  I do, however, observe and take note of certain things.  I note that when I approach a patient to collect demographic data I am… Continue reading Prefer not to say: How gender inclusive is our research?

"Let's put paternalism in the bin" Nadine Montgomery 4th July 2019   When I wrote my blog post a little over a year ago highlighting the implications for research nurses of the Montgomery ruling in 2015, I had no idea that less than 12 months later I would have the honour of hearing Nadine Montgomery… Continue reading Why are we still not Montgomery Compliant 4 years on?

  I am a huge fan of using Twitter as a health care professional.  Anyone that knows me personally will know this to be true and may even have been along to one of my sessions on using Twitter as a research nurse.  Being a freelance nurse, Twitter is one channel I use to share… Continue reading Scratching beneath the surface of Twitter

"When it comes to tax, my priority will always be to cut the basic rate of tax, but if cutting the top rate means you can raise more revenue like with what happened last time it was cut, brings extra revenue and that means more nurses, more teachers, more police..." Sajid Javid, The Andrew Marr… Continue reading I am not a soundbite