The ESC Congress is over for another year, and I leave feeling energised by the science and networking with colleagues as well as tired after a very busy few days.  The Excel Centre in London hosted over 32,000 delegates attending sessions from early (Science at Breakfast started at 0730) to late (satellite sessions and dinners), […]

Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) involved in clinical research often present their research at conferences and other events where colleagues, other researchers and the public can find out about their work. Giving a poster presentation is a great opportunity to disseminate information about NMAHP involvement in research. Here are some tips for presenting […]

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Annual Congress is being held at the London Excel Centre 29 August through 2 September.  This is the largest international cardiology conference, and it is exciting to host it in the UK.  Each year nearly 30,000 physicians, nurses and allied health professionals gather for several days to hear the […]

In a short blog, I can hardly do justice to the presentation by Dr. Stephanie Tierney yesterday at CUHFT Wednesday 5 August (‘Contemplating the place of compassion in 21st Century healthcare’), which gave the audience much food for thought. Although compassionate care is valued and promoted as a goal we should achieve, there are more […]

Alison Dacey and Deb Hughes Where are midwives and research in Cambridge? Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s are both centres of excellence in biomedical and related research but midwifery research activity is patchy and random. There are structural challenges for midwives when it comes to research – there is no professor of midwifery in Cambridge, there are […]