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Vaccine Mandates: A defining justice issue for our professions?

January 12, 2022 Written by Medical Practice , Nursing , Society

“I’ve worked for two years throughout this pandemic…with inadequate PPE…overtime…seeing many die in front of me. And now I’m going to lose my job”. This is just one story of many I have heard from colleagues who stand to lose their jobs when the government’s […]

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Assisted dying – far better help is available than most realise

December 10, 2021 Written by End of Life , Nursing

Far better help is available for patients in great suffering and distress than many people realise. A CMF member shares two stories she has included in her response to the assisted suicide consultation. Liam McArthur MSP is currently holding a consultation on whether to introduce […]

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The Nightingale Legacy

May 11, 2020 Written by Nursing , Society

With the news just over a week ago that the London Nightingale Hospital was to be ‘mothballed’ as no new COVID-19 cases were expected to need the facility in the foreseeable future, it is ironic that today we celebrate the institution’s namesake’s 200th birthday. One wonders […]

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Ten things to pray for Christian healthcare workers

April 1, 2020 Written by Christianity , Medical Practice , Nursing

This morning I read a news article entitled ‘What am I still allowed to do?’ It outlined the new measures which the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced to the nation on Monday evening, explaining what this new UK-wide lockdown means for each of us and […]

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2020: The Year of the Nurse and Midwife

January 17, 2020 Written by Christianity , Global Health and Mission , Nursing

It’s not often that such wide-ranging and global a body as the World Health Organization (WHO) deems it appropriate to give a whole year over to two health professions. However, in 2020 it has decided to do just that, deeming this the Year of the […]