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7 blog posts
  • Rebekah Hill Rebekah Hill 6 Dec 2024

    A Year in the Chair

    Rebekah Hill reflects on her first year as Chair of the RCN Gastrointestinal Forum Committee.

  • Lisa Whitely Lisa Whitely 2 Dec 2024

    IBD Benchmarking

    The National IBD benchmarking has now been released and enables IBD teams across the country to measure their service against the IBD standards and other IBD services.

  • Sally Wilson Sally Wilson 3 Jul 2024

    Understanding the intersection of learning disabilities and gastroenterology

    Learning disability and gastrointestinal disorders are two complex fields that intersect in ways that are often overlooked. When these conditions coexist, they present unique challenges that require a nuanced understanding and integrated approach to care.

  • Anonymous Anonymous 28 Feb 2024

    Gaslight

    This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of ֱgaslightingֱ - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.

  • Julie Duncan Julie Duncan 18 May 2023

    Recognising World IBD Day - 19 May 2023

    IBD is a significant disease and most nurses working in GI will have contact with patients with IBD, often at their most vulnerable. Nurses working within IBD care have an important role within the care and management of people living with IBD providing holistic, advanced care.

  • Claire Coughlan Claire Coughlan 13 Apr 2023

    Bowel cancer awareness month

    April is bowel cancer awareness month, Claire Coughlan reflects on specialist nursing in colorectal cancer. 

  • Kathy Whayman Kathy Whayman 19 Jan 2023

    The 3 L's: Listening Learning and Leading

    The RCN Gastrointestinal (GI) Forum Annual Strategy Day is upon us once again and my first as Chair of this great Forum.