From April 2016, nurses and midwives regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will be required to demonstrate they meet the requirements of the new revalidation process. This book has been written as a companion reader to help registrants navigate the new system. It provides a realistic look at the challenges ahead, without glossing over potential blocks and barriers, instead puts them under a lens for closer examination. What will the new system be like in practice? How well are employers prepared to support registrants, and what are...

Blogs are born in the hearts and minds of writers, they grow, and then are released to make their way in the world. They totter through the blogosphere being praised, admired, shared, made viral, or criticised, and sometimes trolled. Then they can disappear. But the best are remembered and shared long after their birth. This book is a collection of the blogs written by the author over the past five years. Most were published on national newspaper sites, including the Huffington Post UK, and the Independent blog pages. Many were also published by the influential British political blog, Left...