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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hardly seems like any time since the last one, but @rcn.org.uk Congress is now open for submission of items for next year 😊😊

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Been busy with summer festivals, both having fun and working in the healthcare provision. Glad we finally have rain in the UK but sad that festival season is over for this year. Last sunset of last night at my last festival (Reading)

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

And what an interesting week it was!

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Nursing in Practice @nursinginpractice.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

In a keynote address at RCN Congress today, Professor Nicola Ranger demanded an update on pay for those in the NHS and general practice, and stressed that all nurses needed a ‘significant pay rise’ urgently #nursesky

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Practices nurses must not wait any longer for pay update, says RCN chief

General practice nurses (GPNs) must not be expected to wait any longer for news on their pay for 2025/26, the chief executive

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Definitely not my first rodeo @rcn.org.uk 🤣🤣

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Three days of @rcn.org.uk meetings now, finalising the plans for RCN Congress in Liverpool next month. Who’s joining us? 😊

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Finally back home in the UK after a month travelling across Canada. It was an interesting time to be visiting - antics south of their border, new PM and now an election. Didn’t meet a single Canadian who thought they ought to be part of the USA though!

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 22/03/2025

From work-life balance to health tourism, and international student hardship and understanding neurodiversity, our 2025 Congress agenda offers a huge selection of vibrant and vital debates for RCN members. #RCN25 Find out more and book your free place ✅ buff.ly/DUhXfjs

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Currently in Quebec where it’s -8 but so sunny, and I’m loving it! There’s a year round Christmas shop too

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Still wondering how @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social could leave Leonard Cohen out of their list of great Canadian musicians!? I can understand them not mentioning Bublé but not Cohen!! I could listen to Live in London on repeat forever

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I love a train! I’m a geek 😊 This was Vancouver to Edmonton and tonight I’m off from Edmonton to Winnipeg 🇨🇦

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Canada - not as cold as I was expecting 😊 Kitsilano beach, Vancouver today

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/02/2025

You GUYYYYSSSSSSS The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB

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2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!

YouTube video by Anti Trump

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I have contacted my MP to ask him to support this bill, using the website www.writetothem.com/write Please think about doing the same @alisonleary1.bsky.social @leannehpatrick.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Dinnertime at the Mason-Tanenbaum house.

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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🚨NEW: On Tuesday 11th February, I will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill seeking to make ‘nurse’ a protected title in UK law. Pleased to have support from and build on the vital Protect Nurse campaign. #ProtectNurse Read more: www.dawnbutler.org.uk/ten_minute_r...

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Royal College of Nursing Wales @thercnwales.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We're standing in solidarity with nurses, students and lecturers protesting outside Cardiff Uni today and highlighting critical concerns about the proposal to close its School of Nursing. We're calling for urgent action to protect nursing and ensure a sustainable future for the profession in Wales.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Woke up this morning with a quote going through my head “Hope is the thing with feathers”. No idea why. It’s from an Emily Dickinson poem according to Google

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Just heard that Marianne Faithfull has died, she sang (but didn’t write) one of my favourite 70s tracks youtu.be/d0NxhFn0szc?...

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Marianne Faithfull -- The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan HD

YouTube video by walter “Club Dj 80s” mogentale

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Very good to see you all! It was a hard slog but I think we have a great agenda and 2025 congress will be excellent

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 23/01/2025

She joined the RCN just four days before historic strike action began, but her story doesn't begin there. From dodging crossfire in Karachi to steering an NHS trust through the pandemic; get to know our General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger: bit.ly/42jViUG

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‘Don't mistake kindness for weakness’: get to know Nicola Ranger

YouTube video by RCN

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Anyone else NOT watching the news on any channel today?

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 16/01/2025

Today we've released a devastating report on the crisis of patients being treated in inappropriate settings in our NHS. With over 5000 testimonies from nursing staff, the report reveals how widespread this crisis has become, and how it's putting lives at risk. Read more: bit.ly/3WiS8wB

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Nicola Ranger launches the RCN Corridor Care Report

RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger launches the RCN report on corridor care in the UK.

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

First time ever that a ‘Linda’ has been trending on social media 😊😊

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 12/01/2025

Unsafe and undignified treatment in corridors, cupboards and car parks is not acceptable and must end. Read our full letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP and NHS England, calling for an end to treating patients in unsafe spaces ➡️ bit.ly/424Q8f7

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Waited 11 weeks for non-urgent appointment with my GP. Saw her yesterday. Within 24 hours I have an X-ray booked, physio referral sorted, and outpatients requested. Despite the wait I still think the NHS is wonderful.

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

So I was today years’ old when I learnt about this. So far no pressies and no bloke has been by to do the housework 😊 Frankly its disappointing

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

For those of you that cannot stomach too much of Laura Kuenssberg - here is the important bit from this morning's episode. The other important bit would be LK not correcting the odious Farage when he called for an inquiry into child sexual exploitation, there have been quite a few already!

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hope 2025 is good for all of you. My old year ended on 31/12 with a trip to see some seals in Norfolk. The photo sums up how I’m feeling after all of the mince pies 😊😊

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Thank you to all the nurses and other key workers who are working today. Hope you enjoy your time off when it arrives! 🎄🎄🎄

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Not posted a Christmas favourite for a few days, so here is my last one - also my nan’s favourite when sung by Jim Reeves youtu.be/lCpXMy5GalI?...

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Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy

YouTube video by BingCrosbyVEVO

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Vittoria @vitt.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

UK all through Christmas

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 20/12/2024

Congratulations to former RCN President Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty on her peerage. More: buff.ly/3VNi9Uk

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Not really a Christmas song except in the title but I like it youtu.be/LGs_vGt0MY8?...

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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

YouTube video by Decca Records

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Hope @rcn.org.uk branches and forums are planning their resolutions - deadline for submission is the 8th January

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

View from my hotel window - I’m never going to tire of watching this change #vegas #sphere

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Another lock-down Christmas song featuring lots of my favourite festival musicians - enjoy youtu.be/lKl5CEBfreY

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Fairytale of New York - Nick Parker and Friends

YouTube video by Nick Parker

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Just heard this new arrangement of an old Christmas song from the Unthanks and really enjoyed it (I’m an old folkie!) youtu.be/rYFSXHrmApQ?...

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Nurse Emmanuel

YouTube video by The Unthanks - Topic

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

More Christmas music. My favourite band, The Levellers, recorded this during the pandemic. I was finding work a bit stressful but hearing this made my heart sing youtu.be/riq9y5kOzfY

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Levelling Christmas

YouTube video by dan donnelly

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Lin B @linb.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Arguably not a Christmas song. But I like it anyway youtu.be/bRUQKEiQHls?...

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Barclay James Harvest - Hymn

YouTube video by realpocobyrds

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