Most of us know family members or friends who have been working so hard in the effort. So to celebrate International Nurses Week we thought our readers could send in their photos of their nursing friends or family and a short message to say how proud you are of them. Earlier this year, we featured the story of Rachel Hayes raising money for the critical care teams at Blackburn Hospital due to the stresses and strains the doctors and nurses were facing and how proud she was of her sister Ruth O Doherty. So it prompted us to put the appeal below to get our readers to send in their messages and a photo about how proud they are of nurses.
Most of us know family members or friends who have been working so hard in the effort. So to celebrate International Nurses Week we thought our readers could send in their photos of their nursing friends or family and a short message to say how proud you are of them. Earlier this year, we featured the story of Rachel Hayes raising money for the critical care teams at Blackburn Hospital due to the stresses and strains the doctors and nurses were facing and how proud she was of her sister Ruth O Doherty. So it prompted us to put the appeal below to get our readers to send in their messages and a photo about how proud they are of nurses.
AS A Clinical Nurse Specialist on Breast Cancer Now’s Helpline, I hear daily how the pandemic is impacting people affected by breast cancer, from treatments being paused or cancelled to longer waits for vital breast screening. Due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, Breast Cancer Now estimated there could have been almost 11,000 undiagnosed cases of breast cancer in the UK between March and December 2020, on top of around 600,000 people known to be living with or after a breast cancer diagnosis. People affected by breast cancer need our support more than ever, and we’re here, ready to pick up the phone, respond to email enquiries and refer people to our support services, which we rapidly repivoted online to continue to be there for people during the pandemic. Thanks to the amazing players of People’s Postcode Lottery, our Moving Forward Online course was one of these essential services, which helps people adjust to life after hospital treatment.
Guest column
May 6 marked the start of International Nurses Week, the annual recognition of nurses and the profession of nursing.
Julie Clayton
Like frontline workers everywhere, nurses work tirelessly to care for patients. They are a critical part of every hospital, revered for their dedication and compassion.
We have all heard or read stories of nurses putting the needs of patients before their own. This fact came into sharp view this past year as news reports filled with stories and images of nurses caring for patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
As public health experts learned more about the coronavirus, the public was engulfed by waves of uncertainty, yet nurses around the world performed their jobs heroically during the unfolding crisis.
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Letter to the editor: Sponsor a nurse AS A clinical nurse specialist on Breast Cancer Now’s helpline, I hear daily how the pandemic is impacting people affected by breast cancer, from treatments being paused or cancelled to longer waits for vital breast screening. Due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, Breast Cancer Now estimated there could have been almost 11,000 undiagnosed cases of breast cancer in the UK between March and December 2020, on top of around 600,000 people known to be living with or after a breast cancer diagnosis.