Water, friends and family the theme of the week home and away in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Canal, waterfalls, seaside and fab to be able to have a gentle swim 😊 A steady 23 #NHS1000miles to add this week @kathevans2.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

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& walking for #ActiveAugust25 #NHS1000miles & colleague @becksbdaniels.bsky.social #12in12 challenge. Find out more here about amazing Becks! www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
25 miles this week inc Harlow Car Gardens & a walk on the beach @theqicn.bsky.social @kathevans2.bsky.social

Keeping active #ActiveAugust25 #NHS1000miles & colleague’s #12in12 challenge. This wk 20miles swimming & walking. Doing what can in the garden & here’s today’s little project Keeping active in different ways & it all counts! @becksbdaniels.bsky.social @charlottefry.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

A great insight into services for young carers in the UK - Madeleine Buchner from Little Dreamers Australia met the QICN's @firogers3.bsky.social and people from other organisations on a recent study visit: www.littledreamers.org.au/building-for...

Keeping up with #ActiveAugust25 #NHS1000miles 20miles this week. Fab trip to Saltburn today to see a gorgeous garden generously opened for @ngsopengardens.bsky.social today then a walk along the beach and pier @kathevans2.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

Week 30 already #NHS1000miles and this week a steady 20m a week when reminded it’s also about the smiles 😊. Being active bringing friendship, fun (and funky shorts) too! @kathevans2.bsky.social @tonywarne.bsky.social #selfcare #worklifebalance

🎉 #QICN2025 is live!
The UK’s leading conference for community & primary care nurses is back: this year's theme is 'Leading Equitable Care':
👉 qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
📅 7–9 October 2025
✅ Explore key issues
✅ Reflect on how to build fairer more inclusive services
✅ Discounts available

💡Are you preparing to present your research at an upcoming conference? Or curious what presenting at a research conferences involves?

Registered Nurse and Clinical Academic Prof Candy McCabe provides her top tips in this helpful, comprehensive guide.📝

👉 qicn.org.uk/things-to-co...

Housebound long-term conditions monitoring Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Are you a community nurse caring for homebound older adults? Northumbria University are conducting a short survey on long-term conditions management COPD and Type 2 diabetes. The survey takes 10 minutes and is completely anonymous. More info and survey 👉

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbri...

🚨 Missed our #AdultSocialCare #Nursing Network meeting?
You can read a summary here 👇: qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
We were joined by @drbenbowers.bsky.social on why community nurses are under-represented in research and how we can change that and Susan Knight on all things wounds and wound care.

20 #NHS1000miles and colourful ones walking & working in Leeds then weekend visit to a hidden gem the stunning Nursery Garden in York, bursting full of vegetables, fruit & flowers @ngsopengardens.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social
@kathevans2.bsky.social
#selfcare #gardensforhealth

Some lovely walking #NHS1000miles this week in sunny beautiful North Yorks including the Sculpture park at Thirsk Hall open for @ngsopengardens.bsky.social
and Sutton Bank with fabulous views - 25m to add @kathevans2.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

A beautiful end to the week in Sintra - possibly one of the prettiest and hottest places ever been 🇵🇹 37miles to add #NHS1000miles @kathevans2.bsky.social

Home and away this week with lots of walking finding some lovely gardens and houses adding 30 miles for #NHS1000miles @kathevans2.bsky.social @ngsopengardens.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

What Are Unpaid Carers And Who Do They Provide Care For? | The King's Fund Who are unpaid carers, and what role do they play in the health and care sector? We explore in our nutshell.

This week is #CarersWeek.

Unpaid carers play a key role in the health and care system.

Find out more about unpaid carers, who they are, and how often they provide care in our explainer.

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Andy McDonald MP with a Carers Week campaign board and meeting Arvind, a carer active with Age UK, at the Carers Week Parliamentary drop-in event.

This week I met Arvind and spoke to Age UK, Carers UK and ME Association at the #CarersWeek Parliamentary drop-in.

We discussed a number of issues but its clear the govt's planned disability welfare cuts are causing huge concern.

Caring In A Complex World: Perspectives From Unpaid Carers | The King's Fund Unpaid carers provide significant levels of support to family or friends, we undertook research to understand the current picture of local support available for unpaid carers in England

Unpaid carers provide support that is equivalent to 4 million paid care workers. But are these carers getting the support needed to care for their loved ones and themselves? This #CarersWeek we look back at our report into caring in a complex world. buff.ly/YklhOCa

28 #NHS1000miles keeping up regular swimming 🏊 and walking. Visited stunning Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley and enjoyed a few beautiful open gardens in County Durham at the weekend @theqicn.bsky.social
@ngsopengardens.bsky.social

2nd blog as Carer Champion @theqicn.bsky.social
for #CarersWeek raising awareness #UnpaidCarers and showcasing #ExtraordinaryQN . I met Rachel Murray a Dementia Specialist #AdmiralNurse to hear about her work with people living with #dementia and their #familycarers qicn.org.uk/carers-week-...

Great photos!

I visited @ngsopengardens.bsky.social too today. Wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon

Begin the week with views from the Pentlands across the Forth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and end the week supporting @ngsopengardens.bsky.social visiting a local open garden - 28miles to add 😊 #NHS1000miles @theqicn.bsky.social

Absolutely! I have never seen anything like it

Late #NHS1000miles was a busy week starting in London and ending in Edinburgh. Lots of lovely walks 40miles inc the stunning Colinton Tunnel @kathevans2.bsky.social @smithjax.bsky.social

Sorry to read about the passing of your Mum. She sounds an amazing woman who touched the lives of many.

28m #NHS1000miles and water the theme this week keeping up swimming 🏊 🏊 and ending with a wonderful waterfall walk
@kathevans2.bsky.social @smithjax.bsky.social #Yorkshire

Belated Happy Big Birthday 🎁 ! What a lovely read and as well as good for the heart good for the soul too

A wonderful day celebrating #InternationalNursesDay with colleagues and fellow #Queen’sNurses visiting the beautiful gardens of Littlethorpe Manor opening thanks to @ngsopengardens.bsky.social @stephlawrence.bsky.social @mattbradby.bsky.social #connect #network #selfcare

To celebrate #InternationalNursesDay, a group of #ExtraordinaryQNs visited the stunning Littlethorpe Manor, just outside Ripon — a garden that opens to the public through our funder, the National Garden Scheme.

Read all about it in #QueensNurse Fiona Rogers' blog: qicn.org.uk/celebrating-...

Today is the perfect day to remember how far you’ve come

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