“An experience of a lifetime”
Home The HotHouse Women’s Leadership Retreat at the Eden Project in Cornwall offers an uplifting and illuminating experience. FNF Scholar and Alumni Champion Carole Young recently spent time there and came away transformed. In this inspiring blog, Carole, an Independent Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant & Educator and Professional Nurse Advocate, shares her reflections… “My FNF […]
Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert!
Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert! Home Leadership Development for IENMs – TweetChat Alert! With an outstanding and growing reputation for providing leadership development programmes which address specific needs of nursing and midwifery staff, we at the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) are pleased to share our plans to create a bespoke, blended Leadership Programme […]
Calling all #TeamFlorence members and alumni!
Home The Florence Nightingale Foundation has been commissioned by NHS England/Improvement to explore the influence of leadership, culture, and hierarchy on clinical staff, including students, raising concerns relating to patient deterioration. The work will inform a national programme of activity to improve early clinical action or support which could prevent deterioration. The first phase of […]
Nurses and midwives recognised in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours
Home The Platinum Jubilee weekend was a truly joyous celebration, and along with Paddington enjoying tea at Buckingham Palace, our absolute highlight was the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours. We were thrilled that so many exceptional nurses and midwives were honoured, and proud beyond belief to see Florence Nightingale Foundation scholars, alumni, members, mentors and supporters […]
Star Alumni Series: Sarah Herbert
Meet our latest Star Alumni, Sarah Herbert, Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospital, Southampton. Here she shares her thoughts on how a FNF scholarship boosted her passion as a nurse leader…
FNF Webinar: Clinical Supervision for Students
Home Did you miss our FNF Policy Webinar on Clinical Supervision for Students? Not to worry – this blog has got you covered! With over 150 attendees present, we at the Florence Nightingale Foundation were honored to have guest speakers from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the Foundation of Nursing Studies, Educators, and Students […]
So much joy and emotion at this year’s Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service
Home The Procession of the Lamp It has been a week since the 2022 Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey and we are still walking on air. Sharing this most wonderful and poignant occasion with many of the Florence Nightingale Foundation’s scholars, alumni, students, friends and supporters was joyous and deeply affecting. It was […]
Professor Greta Westwood: “I am inspired by brilliant nurses and midwives. I work hard for them every day.”
Home The classic fashion house Brora has done a fabulous shoot and portrait piece with Florence Nightingale Foundation’s CEO Professor Greta Westwood CBE. And our wonderful friends at Brora have kindly shared the article with Team Florence… Greta, a Registered Nurse of 39 years, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the nursing and midwifery […]
The Florence Nightingale Foundation joins forces with Nuffield Health
Home The Florence Nightingale Foundation joins forces with Nuffield Health to advance nursing practice across the independent sector. • The Florence Nightingale Foundation and Nuffield Health are collaborating in a multi-year partnership to drive the future pipeline of nursing leadership talent from across the independent sector (including hospitals, hospices, not-for-profits) • Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, is […]
A wonderful opportunity to celebrate the INMAs
Home We enjoyed the most incredible day at our inaugural International Nursing and Midwifery Associations Event. It was humbling and thrilling to have so many nurses and midwives from ethnic minority backgrounds together for the first time with the Florence Nightingale Foundation and NHS England/Improvement teams. These remarkable international nurses and midwives have brought so […]