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Lloyd’s Story

Below we hear from Lloyd Page, a Mencap volunteer, campaigner and author, about how he feels the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme from Hidden Disabilities can help. 'My name is Lloyd Page and I’m a volunteer for Mencap, a campaigner and author,…
Lloyd Page
March 25, 2021
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Black History Month – The Windrush Legacy

Empire Windrush, Image via Jamaicans.com On the 22nd June 1948 a ship called the Empire Windrush set sail from Jamaica to dock at Tilbury, Essex. This was the first ship marking the arrivals, mainly from Jamaica, to the UK. The…
Julie Roye
October 14, 2020
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Primary Care Nursing and Cancer

In September 2020 I started a secondment to Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST) for London as Primary Care Lead Nurse. TCST is part of the Healthy London Partnership and supports London’s CCGs and the NHS England regional team to deliver…
Sandra Dyer
September 18, 2020
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Introducing the General Practice Nurse BME Network

Julie Roye is joint facilitator of the GPN BME Network with Robana Hussein-Mills. Here she writes about the new network and invites you to join. This blog was originally published on the NHS Joint Collaboration Platform. Welcome to our first…
Julie Roye
September 14, 2020
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Social Prescribing in Primary Care

‘I have been a nurse for 21 years and this year I am proud to have been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse.  I trained in Yorkshire before moving to Canada and working as both a surgical and ER nurse…
Helen O'Connell
August 10, 2020