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Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing expert group at the School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey. Researching the experiences of the Healthcare workforce. www.surrey.ac.uk/school-health-scie…

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Hilary Causer @drhilarycauser.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We would love to hear from UK #WomenNurses to help us to learn more about the connections between workplace practices and Nurse distress and suicidality. Take part in a diary or photography activity to capture your everyday experience of #Nursing Contact us to find our more #NursingResearch
The image is an advert to recruit women nurses into a research study.
The text reads: Take part in our study. we're recruiting women nurses to explore how institutional practices can impact on feelings of distress and suicidality.
You can take part in one of two activities and you will be compensated for your time:
keep a diary of reflections, followed by a one to one interview; take part in a focus group, using photographs to prompt discussion; the interviews and focus groups are expected to last 1-1.5 hours.
Requirements:
Women registered nurses
Working in any healthcare setting in the UK
Experience of stress, distress or suicidality
For focus groups only: highly experienced nurses
This study has received a favourable ethical opinion from the University of Surrey: ref 3224
info@nursesuicidestudy.com
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
Funded by Wellcome.
University of Surrey
University of Birmingham
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Nurse Suicide Project @nurse-suicide.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Take a look at our recent blog to find out more about the next stage of our research and how UK women nurses can take part. www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/taking-... #NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NursingResearch
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Taking a closer look at Nursing — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality
As the next stage of our research commences, we turn our attention to exploring nurses’ experiences of stress, distress and suicidality. Whilst all elements of our study are interested in women nurses...
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our colleagues at @nurse-suicide.bsky.social are inviting #WomenNurses to take part in the latest phase of their research. All info below. Please share widely. #NurseSuicide #WorkplaceWellbeing #TakePartInResearch
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Sharing for our colleagues to support this important research. Please share with your networks. #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #ResearchRecruitment
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We had a great day yesterday - it was our annual Christmas crafting get together - we made felt snowflake tree decorations - and yes, there were mince pies!!
A photo of our team members showing their crafted felt snowflakes
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Nurse Suicide Project @nurse-suicide.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our colleague Dr Louise Isham has written a blog for #WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction about the importance of a gendered approach to understanding violence and abuse. #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #NurseWellbeing www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...
White text on a purple background. Text reads: Why take a gendered approach to understanding violence and abuse?
3 Dec
By:  Louise Isham
This year, Tuesday 25th November was White Ribbon Day: a day that seeks to raise awareness of the global epidemic of violence against women and girls. White Ribbon Day is also the start of a sixteen-day period of campaigning and awareness raising about violence against women and girls, sometimes referred to as the 16 Days of Action. This year the campaign will end on Wednesday 10th December. In this blog, Dr Louise Isham sets out:

what is understood by the term gender-based violence 

the value of adopting a gender-sensitive approach to understanding some forms of violence and abuse

why this is relevant to our research around suicide in women nurses.
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We're excited to invite you to our annual seminar. Online and free. 20th November 10.00 - 12.00noon. A packed interdisciplinary programme exploring Innovative and Creative methods in Research & Teaching. Contact us if you'd like a meeting invite. #HealthResearch #NurseSky #AcademicSky
Seminar Flyer with a lively image of paint colours exploding from a lightbulb. Text reads: Being Innovative and creative in research and teaching.
The Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing expert group annual seminar 2025
Thursday 20th November  ::  10.00 – 12.00 noon  ::  Online
Chair: Dr Hilary Causer
Speakers: 
Dr Ruth Riley: Storytelling in Nurse Suicide research
Dr David Griffiths: Storytelling in Intersex research
Dr Ruth Abrams & Dr Victoria Williams: The role of patients in women GPs' ability to thrive: Engaging the public
Dr Jenny Oates: Citizens Inquiry & World Café 
Dr Scott Munro: Saving Lives from the Sky: Exploring Drone Delivery of Defibrillators to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
Lisa Blazhevski, RN: Supporting International students’ transition to UK nursing studies
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Nurse Suicide Project @nurse-suicide.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
There is still plenty of time for #WomenNurses to join our #NurseSuicide focus groups. #UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A great example from our colleague @vickiewilliams.bsky.social of sharing research knowledge with professional groups. @peoplemanagement.bsky.social #Endometriosis #InclusiveWorkplaces
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We're delighted to welcome two new PhD students to our WOW family. Welcome Ella and Bethany - we're looking forward to supporting your research as you progress. #HealthResearch #NurseSuicideResearch @nurse-suicide.bsky.social
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Catch up on progress at @nurse-suicide.bsky.social as they publish their latest newsletter. www.nursesuicidestudy.com/publications...
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Important new work from our colleague Dr Victoria Williams - exploring women's experiences of #Endometriosis in the workplace. Uncovering #WorkplaceInequalities especially in connection with #Intersectionality journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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“You go back to zero”: Embodied precarity, endo time and employment - Victoria Williams, Joanna Brewis, Vincenzia Priola, Katherine Sang, 2025
Drawing on interview and diary data from 21 women in the UK, this paper focuses on how endometriosis, a long-term gynecological condition, is lived and navigate...
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Nurse Suicide Project @nurse-suicide.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Do you have something that you would like to say about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses We have room for you and your ideas on our #Blog. We welcome a wide range of voices and formats. Look at our past blogs here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog Contact us here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog #NurseSky
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Our colleagues at @nurse-suicide.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social are facilitating research focus groups with #WomenNurses to explore their views on #NurseSuicide. All info below. Please share with your networks. Thank you.
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Our colleagues at @nurse-suicide.bsky.social have written a blog to mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Dissemination news! Our colleague, Dr Ruth Riley will be presenting at #FOHNEU2025 in Cork, Ireland this October. She'll be talking about our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #NurseSuicide project. Details 👇
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Our colleague Dr Carys Banks, with colleagues below, presented her research on loneliness and social connectedness among adults with learning disabilities at the @britishgerontology.bsky.social annual conference, hosted @uniofsurrey.bsky.social last week.
Four researchers stand in front of a powerpoint slide which announces the 54th British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, which was hosted at University of Surrey from 25-27 June
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"Endometriosis is more than a health challenge. It is a lens through which we can understand broader issues around gender, health and work" Our colleague Dr Victoria Williams writes on #Endometriosis, #HealthPolicy and #WorkplaceWellbeing in @uk.theconversation.com #MedSky #WomensHealth
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our colleague, Dr Anna Cox recently presented at @rcm.org.uk conference in Birmingham where she shared work from The Together Project and the resources they have co-produced to support maternity care for women with learning disabilities. Learn more here: www.surrey.ac.uk/research-pro...
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our colleagues @nurse-suicide.bsky.social have published a blog post to mark #InternationalNursesDay #NurseSky #MedSky @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our colleagues from the 'Women GPs Thriving' project have published their first newsletter. To find out about this groundbreaking work, led by Dr Ruth Abrams, take a look 👇 #MedSky #AcademicSky #WomenGPs www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Thank you to @huffpost.co.uk for featuring our vital new @nihr.bsky.social funded five-year project which will take an institutional approach to targeting #NHS staff stress and trauma. Co-led by our colleagues Profs Jill Maben and Cath Taylor @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
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SURGE Workforce Research Partnership @surgeworkforce.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Do you want to help shape research priorities in same day and urgent care workforce research? We are looking for people working in same day and urgent care to join our steering group! Expression of interest form: forms.office.com/pages/respon... For questions & more information: SURGE@uwe.ac.uk
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Nurse Suicide Project @nurse-suicide.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Hello #NurseSky Are you interested in nurse related research? Have you thought about undertaking a #PhD? We are recruiting to TWO FUNDED PhD studentships - start date Oct 2025. With a focus on #WomenNurses experiences of #Whistleblowing or #Bullying Details here: www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Welcoming the @surgeworkforce.bsky.social research partnership to @bsky.app #MedSky #NurseSky #AcademicSky
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Two of our colleagues at the @nurse-suicide.bsky.social project have written a blog as an enactment of their team values. Take a look 👇
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Today our colleague, Dr Ruth Abrams is delivering a keynote at the Westminster Employment Forum on supporting women’s reproductive health at work. You can read an adapted version of her speech here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #WorkplaceWellbeing #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights
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Supporting women's reproductive health at work
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Congratulations to our colleagues, Dr Ruth Abrams, Professor Jill Maben, Dr Anna Conolly et al., Their nursing during #CV19 article (below) is a top cited article in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. #NurseSky #OpenAccess @uniofsurrey.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Speaking up during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Nurses' experiences of organizational disregard and silence
Aim To critically examine nurses' experiences of speaking up during COVID-19 and the consequences of doing so. Design Longitudinal qualitative study. Methods Participants were purposively sample.....
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We are delighted to celebrate Professor Jill Maben's appointment - for a second term - as @nihr.bsky.social Senior Investigator. Jill is an excellent leader and role model in our Expert Group, and we all benefit from her knowledge and experience. Well deserved Jill! 👏
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
There are TWO funded #PhD opportunities currently advertised within our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #NurseSuicide project. Take a look below for details 👇 #NurseSuicide #FindaPhD #WomenNurses
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A fascinating preview of the some of the work coming from our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #NurseSuicide study. This blog by Dr Gloria Likupe marks #OverseasNHSWorkersDay and celebrates #InternationallyQualifiedNurses #NurseSky
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This morning we are joining our colleagues in the 'Long Term Conditions and Health across the Lifespan' expert research group for their annual seminar. @uniofsurrey.bsky.social We'll be sharing some highlights in this thread. 1/
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
**New Publication** If you lead on #teamworking in #healthcare teams, take a look at our latest publication. Congratulations to our colleagues who have contributed to this innovative work. #HealthSciences #AcademicSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Development of the Team Evaluation and Assessment Measure Quality Improvement (TEAM‐QI) and Proof‐Of‐Concept Testing in Maternity Teams
Poor teamwork is often implicated in serious healthcare delivery failings, leading to calls for effective team improvement interventions. Taking a complex, adaptive systems perspective, we adapted an....
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Our colleague, Professor Jill Maben is currently building global research connections in Australia @sydneyuni.bsky.social with @debrae.bsky.social & Brendan Cormack. We look forward to hosting a return visit. For all things #SchwartzRounds & Jill's other research: workforceresearchsurrey.health
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Our colleagues at @nurse-suicide.bsky.social are recruiting stakeholders and #WomenNurses for interviews and focus groups exploring the higher rate of #suicide among women nurses. Interested? Take a look below.
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WOW Surrey @wow-surrey.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hello #Bluesky We are the 'workforce, organisation and wellbeing' expert group in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Surrey. We research the #wellbeing experiences and needs of #HealthWorkers You can find out more about us here: www.surrey.ac.uk/school-healt...
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Workforce, Organisation and Wellbeing research: Health Sciences | University of Surrey
We lead high quality research and educational innovation that informs and supports the wellbeing of the healthcare workforce to ensure optimal staff and patient
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