What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
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What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
This one is all about public health. But what does that actually involve? Frances explores a few perspectives of public health past and present - she chats to Helen Donovan and Helen Bedford who have dedicated their life to public health, and are our go-to experts for anything vaccination related.
Historian Sally Frampton then gives us some historical context, looking back to 19th Century measures to tackle smallpox, and how the explosion of print journalism at that time affected public health messaging.
And we finish up with a chat with Ying Butt, who tells us how public health caught her attention as a 6 year old in Jamaica, and what she has learned from her patients.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Helen Donovan is chair of the Self Care Forum. Check out their brilliant work: http://www.selfcareforum.org/ and on twitter @SelfCareForum
Any RCN member listeners can get involved with the public health forum https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/forums/public-health-forum @nurses4ph
History of vaccine scepticism - fab article by Sally Frampton: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/23/vaccine-scepticism-how-to-tackle-it
Past Caring
What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
