RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows
RCN Fellowship is the highest honour we can give to our members.
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The Nursing Matters podcast regularly features RCN Fellows discussing nursing issues.
RCN Fellows 2023
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blog posts
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10 Oct 2023
World Mental Health Day: Finding commonalities in the storms of life
This World Mental Health Day, Mental Health Nurse and RCN Fellow Catherine Gamble encourages everyone to share vulnerabilities with colleagues, friends and family members.
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18 Sep 2023
'I seldom get to meet patients waiting for a transplant but I know they are counting on me'
This Organ Donation Week, RCN Fellow Anthony Clarkson encourages everyone to think about making this life-saving decision.
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23 Aug 2023
Occupational Health Nurses: Cinderellas of the nursing profession
Professor Anne Harriss shines a light on occupational health – a safety-critical yet overlooked specialism.
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17 Jul 2023
Choose health, choose life
Lifespan has increased since the NHS was founded 75 years ago. Then, the average lifespan for a man was 65 years. Now, it’s 78. A woman’s average lifespan was 70 years. Now it’s 83.
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21 Jun 2023
Health and people with learning disabilities: 3 myths busted
This week is Learning Disability Awareness Week, and the focus for this year is on busting some of the myths concerning people with learning disabilities, their lives and abilities.
'Being awarded a Fellowship was a highlight of my career’
Watch previous Fellows events
This RCN Fellows event explored how changes in health and medicine have affected the complex needs of young people, and how nursing research and practice has helped improve care. This event was chaired by Professor Sir Alan Craft. Speakers included RCN Fellows Professor Jane Coad and Ray McMorrow. This was a hybrid event, held both online and in person in June 2023.
In this RCN Fellows event, three pioneering speakers came together on World Mental Health Day 2022 to discuss the current landscape of mental health nursing.
The speakers on the panel were: Cecilia Anim CBE FRSA FRCN; Catherine Gamble FRCN; and Roland Dix FRCN. The event was introduced by Professor Danny Kelly OBE FRCN, and chaired by Simon Arday.
This session was held online and recorded on 10 October 2022.
This event, hosted by Jim Campbell of the World Health Organisation (WHO), was the third in a series highlighting significant contributions to nursing.
Hear from a panel of RCN Fellows – David Benton, Jane Salvage and Neslyn Watson-Druée – about the past, present and future of nursing and politics, and why nurses and the public should engage with the political context of healthcare. This event was held online in May 2022.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson hosts a panel of nursing experts, to find out why patients need well-educated nurses. Hear from a panel of RCN Fellows – Hilary Chapman, Brendan McCormack and Sonja McIlfatrick - about the past, present and future of nursing education, and why patients need well-educated nurses. This event was held online in October 2021.
Nurse and author of The Language of Kindness Christie Watson hosts this event highlighting significant contributions to nursing.
Hear from three RCN Fellows – Jane Ball, Tara Bartley and Ruth Oshikanlu – about the challenges and opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic has presented for nursing.
This event was held online in May 2021.
