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Karen Bonner

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MBE Chief Nurse NHS London Region @KingsFund advisory council member, #FQNICN #BurdettHero @ProstateCancer Campaigner | Views are my own

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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Nursing Live UK is back the UK's largest free nursing event. I am proud to be speaking alongside presentations on professional development & personal wellbeing. Why not join us ❓ To discover how the FREE event can earn up to 16 hours of CPD go to www.nursinglive.com See you there
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About our nursing event | Nursing Live | RCNi
Nursing Live is 'the' nursing event of 2025. Join us at the NEC, Birmingham on 5-6 November for a rich programme of talks, CPD seminars, networking and pampering.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This month is the start of our vital NHS vaccination campaign, and I encourage everyone—especially our dedicated front-line NHS workers and social care staff—to get vaccinated. Your participation not only protects you but also reassures the public and boosts community confidence.
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NHS England » NHS kicks off flu and COVID jabs to ‘winter-proof’ vulnerable
NHS England » NHS kicks off flu and COVID jabs to ‘winter-proof’ vulnerable
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Are you an unexpected hero? Prostate cancer is the leading cause of death among our men, & disparities are evident – black men are twice as likely to experience prostate cancer in their lifetime, often with poorer outcomes.Let’s fight this disease together by supporting our men to seek help early.
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Prostate Cancer UK TV advert - The Unexpected Hero 40s
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer in men. And there are far too many men being diagnosed late, when it’s harder to treat. It shouldn’t be this way. We’re not afraid of the challenge, and we’re facing up to it. But we can’t take it on alone. If we’re going to campaign for an early detection programme, fund lifesaving research and put prostate cancer in its place, we need more of us to stand together. We need our friends, family and loved ones to join with us and say ‘enough is enough’. So that no man has to face prostate cancer alone. So that every man knows that when it comes to navigating this disease, all of us are right there with him. Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve already come so far. Every pound you’ve donated. Every petition you’ve signed. Every mile you’ve walked, cycled and swam to raise funds. It’s driving us forward. Now we’re building on that momentum, to gather support on a scale we’ve never seen before. And that’s why Prostate Cancer UK have created a new TV advert – The Unexpected Hero – to motivate people all across the UK to join us, and stand together to take on this disease. ___ Our Website: http://prostatecanceruk.org/ Tweet us at: http://bit.ly/1PwJJwV Prostate Cancer UK Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1OynmYJ Our Email: supportercare@prostatecanceruk.org
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
As Caroline Alexander CBE Chief Nurse @ Barts Health NHS Trust steps into retirement, we’re celebrating her incredible contributions to nursing & the NHS! On behalf of everyone at #NHSLondonRegion nurses, midwives, AHPs, & all our amazing colleagues—we want to say a massive THANK YOU, Caroline!💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Are you the giving type❓ 🗣️My message to all of you who have considered donating. ⏲️It takes 30/40 minutes & can ease pain & suffering & even save a life. 🙏🏽Thank you to the nurses & the Donor Carers for looking after me on Saturday at #BrixtonDonorCentre. 🩸I am 🅾️➕ RO subtype
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Congratulations to all our NHS colleagues recognised in the #KingsBirthdayHonours2025 👏🏽👏🏽🥳
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
“I can’t breathe!” #GeorgeFloyd, 25 May 2020. 5️⃣years on, those words still ring in my ears. 🔚It takes individual & collective responsibility to call out & end racism. ❓What have you changed. What have you unlearned, or e Learnt to play your part in making a better, fairer & just society.❓
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“You are born once & you die once” Meet Sally Boyles #ANP @communityHospice. I was lucky to spend clinical time Friday visiting a patient in their own home. Colleagues like Sally helping many to a dignified death & managing life limited disease while providing symptom relief. I thank you 🙏🏽
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I celebrate alongside all of the nurses across London & the wider #NHS today Happy #IND2025. 30 years on my love & pride in nursing remains the same. We are the most trusted profession & integral to the healthcare economy. “Our Nurses, Our Future; Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies”
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Meet Dante, Barry & Telmo 👋🏽 a trio of nurse leaders working & shaping their careers @imperialnhs.bsky.social Radiology service. Telmo was promoted into the Lead nurse role. Barry was promoted in to Telmos job as Matron. Dante was promoted into Barry’s job as Senior Charge Nurse Radiology. 💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Happy #IDM2025. Today we celebrate the huge contributions made by our #Midwives With 1 baby born every 5️⃣ mins in London our Midwives are #CriticalinEveryCrisis. 💫They provide comprehensive support throughout the entire childbearing process. #Thankyou for all you do 💙♥️🖤🤎
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How does it feel to be a new Chief Nurse❓ Manny Gnanaraj is just 4 weeks into his 1st Chief Nurse job. We spent the day together on Friday & he already feels part of @NorthLondonNHS FT family🫶🏽 A warm welcome Manny to London. I look forward to working with you. #mentalhealth.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
#StephenLawrenceDay 💭 I often ask myself, is society fairer today than it was in 1993⁉️ ⚠️The 2024 race riots was a reminder of how much work is still left to do. What future do you wish for the next generation ❓ #SLD25 We must play our part in shaping a fairer more inclusive society❤️‍🩹
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🏃🏽‍♀️Another year, another #MarchforMen & a chance to remember my Dad who died of advanced metastatic prostate cancer in 2014💞. Thanks to @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social for featuring my Dads story again this year🫶🏽. I hope it helps other men & communities💞 marchformen.prostatecanceruk.org/about
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thankful to CNO Tracey Carter for inviting me to speak at King's Academy Clinical Leaders event. I met a number of wonderful nurses, midwives & AHPs. Opened in 2023, it provides high quality education to enhance & develop your knowledge & skills.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
On #IWD2025 I celebrate so many amazing women in my life who inspire me.. but as always the most special & important my Mum Avril Bonner. #Thankyou for the love, support & showing me the way #AccelerateAction
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#RamadanMubarak to all colleagues across the #NHS who are observing the holy month of #Ramadan 💫
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I love this 🫶🏽worth a listen 👂🏽💫Rt Rev Dame Sarah @Mullally speaking to Siva Anandaciva @thekingsfund.bsky.social https:/open.spotify.com/episode/7iDwFRQxs0s5c4mnA1VMY2?si=shhAw1nzTy27OR7iYV2RAQ
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From nursing to the ministry: the Bishop of London on faith, hope and health inequalities
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Nursing Times @nursingtimes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Nursing Times Awards 2024: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Inclusivity in Nursing and Midwifery winner and shortlist Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in this category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards. #nursing #NTAwards #inclusivity #nhs www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/nu...
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Nursing Times Awards 2024: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Inclusivity in Nursing and Midwifery winner and shortlist | Nursing Times
Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Inclusivity in Nursing and Midwifery category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Excited to join the discussion alongside @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social at @thekingsfund.bsky.social Annual Leadership & Workforce Summit! With compassionate leadership being the centrepiece we will explore how to move beyond survival. Join us Weds 19 March 2025| www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/annua...
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Annual Leadership and Workforce Summit 2025 | The King's Fund
Hear more about the challenges facing the workforce and what's being done to tackle them at our annual leadership and workforce summit.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Spending the day at SouthLondon & Maudsley FT gave me insights into the learning & work to improve mental health care. Including reduction in restrictive practices & increasing smoking cessation to improve health outcomes. Thank you to CN Vanessa Smith & CEO David Bradley & team.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#LGBTHistoryMonth 🏳️‍🌈 #valentinesday love & understanding can transform individuals bringing communities & people together. We continue strive for social justice, change & fight for equality & equity. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” Maya Angelou
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A great opportunity for a n experienced nurse to join South East London ICB 👇🏽 hunter-healthcare.com/opportunitie...
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Chief Nursing Officer - NHS South East London ICB - Hunter Healthcare
We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our system as Chief Nursing Officer. Our Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant...
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I got to spend time @Royal National Orthopaedic with Chief Nurse Louise Morton. Also Kate Tait CEO Horatio's Garden & Dr Olivia Chapple OBE its founder. The gardens nurture the wellbeing of people after spinal injury in beautiful, vibrant sanctuaries within the heart of NHS spinal injury centres.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It was a delight to spend time with colleagues Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust on Friday. Thank you to Nic Kane Chief Nurse & her team. It was great to see the care given to birthing people in the Midwifery unit. Marion Louki Director of Midwifery showing such great leadership.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#WhyWeGetVaccinated Cervical cancer can often be prevented, & the #HPVvaccine plays a key role in reducing the risk. Since the programme started in 2008, rates of cervical cancer have dropped significantly, saving many lives. The vaccine is safe & the best way to protect from this virus.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
It was a privilege to attend the opening of @nhsbt.bsky.social new donor centre in the heart of Brixton. ✨It was a joy to see my dear friend @dameanionwu.bsky.social 🌟honoured with a plaque. #NursingRoyality
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#Thanks to the wonderful colleagues at @lgtnhs.bsky.social & Chief Nurse Louise Crosby for the warm welcome on Friday. It was a great day with the ethos of delivering #CompassionateCare through #CompassionateLeadership the nurses & midwives described a real sense of belonging & inclusivity. 🌟
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A huge thank you to colleagues at the @NorthMidUniversity hospital for the care I recieved following my visit to the #UTC Saturday. A fracture toe is minor compared many who visit the emergency pathway. #grateful
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
@PCUK are calling on the government to update NHS guidelines, so that GPs proactively talk to Black men about prostate cancer from the age of 45 after a national prostate audit report proves the depth of inequity Black men face 🖤 campaigns.prostatecanceruk.org/page/163053/...
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Men are being left behind by outdated prostate cancer guidelines.
I’ve just signed Prostate Cancer UK’s letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care so that we can improve the outcomes and experience for men in the UK with prostate cancer. Add your n...
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thank you Charlie Sheldon Chief Nurse, Annabel Burkinsher & colleagues for their time at @cnwl.bsky.social. The teams manage some of the most vulnerable communities in London. The homeless team provide healthcare & support for over 400 people who are rough sleepers in Westminster Borough.
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The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) @fonscharity.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
There's still time to book a place on the FoNS Residential Programme: For any health & social care practitioners interested in the transformation of care, services & workplace cultures so that they are person-centred buff.ly/4cRjRLa @karenbonner.bsky.social @annmarieriley10.bsky.social
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The number of people with flu is expected to rise as we start to mix at school & work following the season break & as temperatures drop. There are est 600 people in hospital with flu in London, 20% more than this time last year. It is not too late to get the flu jab. Please get vaccinated.
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy New Year everyone- 1st Visit of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ was to Homerton University Hospital with Chief Nurse Breeda McManus & deputies Jillian Bradley, Maeve Clarke & Janette Barnes. The huge developments underway will be great for our communities across East London. Ladies thank you for your time today 💙
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Antony Tiernan @antonytiernan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Please share! Are you looking for a New Year’s Resolution? How about one that doesn’t take very long and literally saves lives? Please join the thousands of other people who regularly donate blood, plasma or platelets. Don’t put it off - please book now! www.blood.co.uk
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
#HappyNewYear to all the wonderful Nurses, Midwives & support workers across London caring for the communities tonight - #ThankYou 💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
New Years Eve spent @North Middlesex Hospital - Thank you CEO @NnennaOsuji for inviting me. Special thanks to MSW Joyce for showing us around Maternity 🫶🏽. And the amazing haematology team Sekayi Nurse Consultant honouring the legacy of Evan Nathan Smith @sicklecell101.bsky.social #Thalassaemia
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thank you to the nurses, midwives & support workers across London who are working during the festive season 🎄 Special #Thanks to Vanessa Sweeney, Chief Nurse & Baroness Julia Neuberger, Chair @uclh.bsky.social & Tracy Luckett Chief Nurse @greatormondst.bsky.social for making my 1st Xmas special 💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
#Week1️⃣ 1st visit as Regional CHief Nurse was to the new @nhsbt.bsky.social Brixton. Thank you to Williams who helped me give my 76th blood 🩸donation 💙. I know my type 0+ blood & RO subtype & only found in 2-4% of donors. RO is often used to treat sickle cell anaemia. #AreYouTheGivingType?#GiveBlood
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Today I joined @nhsengland.bsky.social as Regional Chief Nurse for London Region. Thank you to my new colleagues for such a warm welcome 🤗💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
#LastDay as Chief Nurse @buckshealthcare.bsky.social #2024 memory - so many amazing colleagues 💞so I had to pick 2 pictures for my last day- thank you to my amazing team & executive colleagues with special thanks to my boss Neil Macdonald 💙
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#Day2 left as Chief Nurse @buckshealthcare.bsky.social picking 1 picture from each year has been hard- but here we go my image of #2023
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#Day3 left as Chief Nurse @buckshealthcare.bsky.social - it was hard but here is a memory…. Year 3 #2022 🤲🏽
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#Day4 left as Chief Nurse @buckshealthcare.bsky.social Year 2- my picture of 2021
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
#Day5 - countdown - As I spend my last week as Chief Nurse @buckshealthcare.bsky.social I will share an image which speaks to my journey 💙
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The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) @fonscharity.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
With over half the places for our residential learning & development opportunity now gone, please don’t delay in registering! buff.ly/4cRjRLa Impactful on a personal & professional level @nataliefox.bsky.social @dameanionwu.bsky.social @karenbonner.bsky.social @nicholetm.bsky.social
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thank you to QNI bestowing me this amazing #Fellowship. @crystaloldman.bsky.social 🫶🏽 even more special I received it from my dear friend @dameanionwu.bsky.social . Congratulations to my #FQNI @michellecox.bsky.social @steveforsyth.bsky.social, Pam Ciparno, Fiona Nolan & @drbenbowers.bsky.social
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Karen Bonner @karenbonner.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thank you @gstt-nhs.bsky.social for inviting me to celebrate the #KofoworolaAbeniPratt Fellows cohort 3- @Roisin Fitzsimons 🫶🏽 Avey Bhatia it was pure joy & inspiring to hear the shift to a more #inclusiveculture & unlocking of talent - it was a privilege to bear witness to 🥰🌟
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