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/
Our fourth epsiode is finally here! We are so excited to share this one. It's all about D/deaf nursing and mental health care.
Frances talks to Herbert Klein, Deaf Advisor, and Jennifer Meek, Deaf Recovery Community Nurse based in Birmingham. Hear from them about why having Deaf professionals in health care is vital for strong communication and proper diganoses for Deaf people. Herbert also recalls his work around building a mental health vocabulary in British Sign Language, and how to understand Deaf peoples' experience of voices and delusions.
Next up Frances chats with Deaf poet and mental health activist Richard D France. He performs some of his poetry for us, and tells us more about his experiences of navigating the mental health system and what it felt like to finally be around nurses that signed!
Our final guest is Deaf historian Peter Brown. Peter has uncovered some incredible stories of the history of Deaf culture, going right back to the eighteenth century. He tells us about Sarah Pounceby, early sign language pioneer, and how British Sign Language developed.
This episode is also available to watch! With subtitles and BSL. Find that on YouTube on the Past Caring playlist: https://youtu.be/vHGqlcrJ-gU
And a big thank you to our brilliant interpreters for supporting this episode: Caroline Richardson, Paul Hollingdrake, Marcel Hirshman, David Wolfenden and Amy Woods.
Producer: Natalie Steed. Film editor: Jeremy Richardson.
Some links for you:
You can find out more about Richard's life in this programme on BSL Zone: https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/getting-personal/getting-personal-richard-france#
He also performed for us at the RCN back in 2017, You can watch that here: https://youtu.be/lC4Y5eCk118
You can find Richard's books here:
The Book of the Failed Jumper: https://bit.ly/2ZCN9fM
The Rise After The Fall: https://bit.ly/3B07jxO
A Tale of these Contemptible Suicides: https://bit.ly/3iesc0V
Sign-In With Death: https://bit.ly/39L9JEA
In 2018, Herbert was awarded a LIfetime Achievement award by South West London & St George's Mental Health Trust. Here's a video of him reflecting on his career: https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/about-our-courses/e-learning/83-deaf-services-advisor-herbert-klein-talks-about-his-lifetime-achievement-award
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/
