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Gemma Stacey meets FNF Scholars at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

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Gemma Stacey visits East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Home Professor Gemma Stacey, Deputy Chief Executive Officer meets FNF Scholars My visit East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust was an opportunity to explore the collective impact of leadership development opportunities provided by the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF). There are 12 FNF nursing and midwifery scholars […]

Student Councils Series: Chris Gibson

Student Councils Series: Chris Gibson Home Student Councils Series Chris Gibson Student Council Member (Kent & Medway ICS) Student Leadership and Me, ‘How Can I Begin?’  Authored by Chris Gibson, August 2022  The Messenger Report [1] which was published in June 2022 firmly pushes leadership in the National Health Service (NHS) as a mechanism for […]

FNF welcome their new Head of Global, Jeni Caguioa

FNF Welcome their new Head of Global, Jeni Caguioa Home FNF’s Head of Global, Jeni Caguioa The Florence Nightingale Foundation welcomes Jeni Caguioa, its first Internationally Educated Senior Nurse as Head of Global. Here we find out more about Jeni and the wealth of experience she brings to this exciting new role at FNF.  I qualified […]

Debbie Preston reflects on her first six months with FNF

Debbie Preston

Debbie Preston reflects on her first six months with FNF Home FNF’s Head of Nursing and Midwifery Leadership and Scholarships, Debbie Preston As I approach the six-month point in my employment with FNF, I have taken the opportunity to reflect on my journey so far. Getting to know my team has been a highlight (they […]

FNF Student Placements: Cyzel Gomes

Home The team behind the Florence Nightingale Foundation consist of Registered Nurses and other professionals. We are committed to supporting the next generation of nurses and midwives and have been exploring how we can facilitate practice placement experiences with our team. In the coming months we will be sharing more information on #TeamFNF placements, do […]

Riding Land’s End to John o’Groats to fundraise for FNF

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Riding Land’s End to John o’Groats Home An epic challenge to raise funds for a fnf scholarship Major Mike Collins, Gp Capt Di Lamb and her husband Ewan are riding from Land’s End to John o’Groats to fundraise for a FNF Scholarship. That’s 1,000 miles in 14 days – an epic feat – and we’re […]

Leadership Development for IENMs: Pre-programme survey now live!

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Leadership Development for IENMs: pre-programme survey now live! Home Leadership Development for IENMs: pre-programme survey now live! In partnership with Burdett Trust, the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) are thrilled to be a small piece of the puzzle in tackling the historical injustices Internationally Educated Nurses and Midwives (IENMs) face when transitioning to work in the […]

Star Alumni Series: Lorraine Hodsdon

Lorraine Hodsdon

Meet FNF Emerging Leader scholar Lorraine Hodsdon. She is Head of Nursing & Patient Experience for Research and Innovation at Great Ormond Street Hospital and our latest Star Alumna. It’s been a hugely successful few months for Lorraine. Her QI Project, which she completed as part of her scholarship, has recently been shortlisted for a Royal College of Nursing leadership award. What’s more, she’s just been shortlisted for a Nursing Times award too. Here, the nurse leader explains how the scholarship came at just the right time in her career…

Students Day Blog Series: John Wells’s Reflections

Students Day Blog Series Home Reflections From John Wells In April 2022, I had entered a competition on Twitter with the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF), submitting a 60 second video why I was a nurse leader to win a student’s day in London. I was not fully sure in my head if that was me, […]

Students Day Blog Series: Akira Madams’s Reflections

Students Day Blog Series Home Reflections from Akira Madams This reflective piece evidences my attendance of the 2022 Florence Nightingale Foundation Conference, followed by the annual commemorative service to celebrate the life and sacrifice of Florence Nightingale, as well as all the nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who have died in global conflicts, with the […]