Welcome to episode 58 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 28 July 2021] of #mhTV. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Jane Beach and Prof. Alison Leary about #ProtectNurse, the campaign to protect the title: nurse.
Jane has been the lead professional officer for regulation with Unite the union since 2012. Prior to joining Unite, Jane enjoyed a 32-year career in the NHS, training first as a nurse, then as a midwife and subsequently as a health visitor, a role she enjoyed for over 16 years working in Birmingham. She was also a nurse consultant in a Primary Care Trust (PCT) public health team and a health visiting adviser at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Prof. Leary primarily undertakes research but also teaches on a range of post graduate programmes and supervises post graduate research students at LSBU. Her interests are in the complexity of healthcare, safety, math models and data science.
After spending ten years in science Prof. Leary undertook an RN diploma at The Nightingale School at St Thomas Hospital (now Kings College London). She attained a Masters in Biomedical Science (Haematology) Prof. Leary obtained a PhD in Clinical Medicine from the University of London (Royal Free & University College School of Medicine).
Prof. Leary writes regularly for the general, trade and academic press. In 2015 she was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and in 2016 a Fellow of the Queen Nursing Institute and a Winston Churchill Fellow for which she examined high reliability organisations looking at safety. She was awarded an MBE for her services to safety and emergency workforce modelling in English League Football in 2019.
In recent years she has undertaken various projects around the modelling of complex systems in both the public and private sector and has a particular interest in the work of specialist practice and its value. She undertakes research & consultancy in this area-she also provides a service as an expert witness.
Some links related to the discussion:
- You can sign the #ProtectNurse petition and see the initial government response here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/587939
- We mentioned the case of a nurse struck off the NMC register. More information about that case is here:
* ‘Police are investigating comments made by Kate Shemirani, a former nurse who has been struck off for using her position to spread Covid misinformation, during the latest anti-lockdown rally at Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday.’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/26/met-police-investigate-anti-vaxxer-as-speech-sparks-fears-for-safety-of-medics.
* Video excerpt of speech: https://twitter.com/sbattrawden/status/1418984363304394762?s=20
* Striking off order and Interim suspension order for 18 months: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/ftpoutcomes/2021/may-2021/reasons-shemirani-ftpcsm-76998-20210528.pdf
- We mentioned the recent DHSC consultation on professional regulation. You can see an excerpt from Unite's response here: https://twitter.com/davidamunday/status/1405469467648442369?s=20.
Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday
JB - https://twitter.com/beach_jane
AL - https://twitter.com/alisonleary1
Credits:
Presenter: Nicky Lambert & Dave Munday
Guest: Heather Henry
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday
