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This blog has a variety of content, from professional issues around nursing, healthcare and end of life care to more personal thoughts about family life and current events.

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March 27, 2011 at 10:26 am GMT
I've seen a report today that says the UK's leading residential care provider is having to restructure its finances, Southern Cross...
March 18, 2011 at 10:59 am GMT
Having not written too much of late I was keen to get back into the rhythm of making a comment; the last week has been dominated by...
March 15, 2011 at 10:39 am GMT
Here is an interesting piece about writing your own advanced directive on end of life care.There is a lot of interesting stuff coming...
March 13, 2011 at 09:22 pm GMT
Via Twitter I was drawn to this piece, follow the link http://theremustbesomemistake.com/2011/03/13/breast-cancer-isnt-pink/ It shows the...
March 10, 2011 at 01:42 pm GMT
In this week's Nursing Standard editorial the problem of ageism in the NHS is given an airing, see http://nursingstandard.rcnpublishing.co....

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