Public health nursing matters
01 May 2009
This week Visiting Professor Rod Thomson delivered his inaugural lecture ‘Making a Difference: Transforming Public Health Nursing’.
After an introduction and a glowing appraisal from Professor Mark Bellis, Director of LJMU’s Centre for Public Health, Professor Thomson thanked the University for conferring him the title of Visiting Professor.
Professor Thomson talked about his background in public health nursing, his childhood in Dundee, and how nursing staff who treated him for an eye injury he sustained at an early age inspired him to follow a career in nursing.
Some of the key issues raised by Professor Thomson were health reforms across the UK, the image of public health nurses, and how the role has developed over the years into a much broader, but no less focussed, role.
Professor Thomson also explored the impact of health spending, referring to the recession the UK is currently experiencing, and discussed how promoting health and tackling health issues caused by poverty in the wider community is more important than ever.
Pictured: Professor Mark Bellis, Professor Rod Thomson and Professor Fiona Irvine.
