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Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) supports nurses and midwives to improve care and save lives. As a UK-based charity, now in our 90th anniversary year, we are expanding to reach one million nurses and midwives by 2027. Experience shows us the transformation that is possible when FNF enable nurses and midwives to connect, lead, and influence healthcare.

The Foundation’s principal focus is on improving health, clinical outcomes and patient experience, through building nursing and midwifery leadership capacity and capability. It does this by enabling nurses and midwives to access sophisticated leadership development opportunities, both in the UK and overseas, tailored to the participants’ needs.

It is important that nurses and midwives are empowered to use their professional voice effectively and seek all opportunities to influence healthcare policy and practice. We will ensure that the Foundation becomes ‘the go to place’ for professional opinion and debate, a recognised Think Tank for healthcare thought, and will be a voice for the nursing and midwifery professions.

Our Mission

Dedicated to supporting and developing nurses and midwives to improve care and save lives across the world, maintaining Florence Nightingale’s legacy.

Our Vision

With our partners, we will continue to grow as a world-class charity, supporting nurses and midwives to develop the personal and leadership skills they need to improve care, save lives, and promote well-being across the world.

Strategic Priorities 2022-2027

Supporting, developing and transforming compassionate leaders

To provide contemporary and relevant FNF leadership development opportunities for one million nurses and midwives in the UK and across the world.

Influencing Policy

To be recognised as a provider of independent analysis on issues which impact on the ability of nurses and midwives to deliver high-quality care nationally and globally.

Growing FNF Academy Membership

To develop the membership offer to meet the needs of our UK and global members to increase reach to one million nurses and midwives.

Creating a financial, social, cultural and environmentally sustainable future

To ensure a sustainable future is at the heart of all that we do.

Read Our 2022 – 2027 Strategy

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