Florence Nightingale Foundation

Our Purpose

To pioneer change and improvements in patient and health outcomes, through nursing and midwifery clinical and research leadership, honouring Florence Nightingale’s legacy.

Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service 2022

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What We Do

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A Registered Charity (no. 229229) founded in 1934 to honour, and continue the legacy of, one of the most famous nurses of all time

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We create exceptional nursing and midwifery leaders - today, we are reaching over 200,000 nurses and midwives

Pioneer

We are home to the FNF Academy and the unique Nightingale Frontline® service

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We work in partnership

About

Learn more about FNF and our dynamic team of staff and officers

Academy

Explore the leadership development, membership and policy influencing opportunities offered by FNF

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Discover how you can support the impact of FNF as an individual, organisation or strategic partner

“I believe every nurse and midwife works hard to be their very best for the patients and the people they support. Florence was the founder of modern nursing and of course, many great nurses across the world have been celebrated since. May we all continue their legacies. May we all have the passion she had to change health and care.”

Professor Greta Westwood CBE, PhD, RN Chief Executive

Our Impact

Star Alumni Series: Shellie Radford

Meet FNF’s latest Star Alumna, Shellie Radford, who is a Clinical Academic IBD Nurse Specialist at NIHR...

Star Alumni Series: Belle Barcelona

The programme has taught me to celebrate my achievements.

Star Alumni Series: Dr Nikki Cotterill and Improving Confidence in Continence

The scholarship was phenomenal from start to finish. It provided such a breadth of learning that was...

Star Alumni Series: FNF Scholar Leonie Brown reflects on Windrush Leadership Programme

I was lucky to be one of the 44 offered the opportunity to be on the Windrush Leadership Programme for...

Star Alumni Series: Ruth Wall

I’m Ruth Wall, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation...

FNF Policy webinar - Clinical Supervision

FNF Webinar: Clinical Supervision for Students

So much joy and emotion at this year's Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service

Professor Greta Westwood: "I am inspired by brilliant nurses and midwives. I work hard for them every day."

The Florence Nightingale Foundation joins forces with Nuffield Health

A wonderful opportunity to celebrate the INMAs

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