Welcome to our blogs page where we share stories relating to health inequalities, community projects, sustainability, leadership and community nursing.
Climate Change and Infant Feeding
Dr Elizabeth Smith is the Breastfeeding Advocacy Lead for Scotland and Queen’s Nurse from the 2018 cohort. In her latest…
Voices from the Margin: Part 2
HPBL Consultant, Michele Stranger Hunter explores the views of the women participating in these one-to-one Listening Sessions and her own…
Women, Alcohol, Pregnancy & FASD
This is the second blog of six where Professor Moira Plant shares highlights from her report to be published this…
Voices from the Margin: Part 1
Edinburgh Access HPBL Listening Session, Part 1 Inger McGowan QN and Michele Stranger Hunter The views and advice of marginalised,…
Women, Alcohol, Pregnancy and FASD
Since training as a nurse in Edinburgh, I have been fascinated by the complex relationships between women and alcohol. This…
General Practice and Reproductive Health:
Primary care’s potential for pre-pregnancy counselling, assessments and services is a golden opportunity to prevent harm and promote health. It…
General Practice and Reproductive Health:
Listening Sessions are a key part of QNIS’ Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives programme. Lorna Dhami QN and I have been…
What Respondents Want to Happen Next
This is the fourth and final blog presenting the results of the spring 2022 QNIS/Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives survey of…
Your Views and Experiences
This is the third blog presenting the results of the spring 2022 QNIS/Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives survey of an illustrative…
Preconception Health Risks and Realities
Read about a fascinating mixture of answers showing what 212 survey respondents across Scotland do, and don’t, know about preconception…
