FNF Good Ideas Lab: an Innovation Initiative for Nurses and Midwives

Home Are you a nurse or midwife who would like get involved in exploring innovative solutions in healthcare? Do you have an idea you want to develop? Florence Nightingale Foundation’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Subject Expert Group (SEG) is offering nurses and midwives a dynamic platform to explore innovative solutions in healthcare. This ‘Good Ideas Lab’ will […]

FNF’s Equity, Impact and Assessment Group

Home Orion Barker, is FNF’s LMS Academy Coordinator, he is also a member of the Equity, Impact and Assessment group. In this blog, Orion talks – as a disabled person himself – about being part of the group and how it makes a difference to everyone at FNF. Image: Visually Safe/Updated Disability Pride Flag created […]

Innovation: Ideas and a Place to Grow

Home Paul Regan works at FNF Academy member organisation Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and is also a member of FNF’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship SEG. He shares with us the importance of innovation in nursing and midwifery and why nurses and midwives should consider applying for FNF’s new ‘Good ideas Lab’! “As a Team […]

FNF Responds to the NMC Review

Home The findings from the independent review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)’s culture are extremely unacceptable. They have revealed issues of racism, discrimination and bullying within the organisation, leading sometimes to patient safety concerns. Some of the main findings in the report were: Lack of safeguarding for people involved in NMC processes. Tragically […]

Disability and Me

Home Teresa Callaghan, is FNF’s Company Secretary and Executive Assistant. In this blog she talks about being part of the disabled community, and how proud it makes her, not just in Disability Pride month, but every month. “When I started working for FNF in September 2021, I will admit that disability, being disabled and disability […]

FNF General Election Response

Home Florence Nightingale Foundation’s Chief Executive,  Professor Greta Westwood CBE, responding to today’s general election results: “FNF congratulates the newly elected government and urges immediate focus on the critical needs of nurses and midwives. Addressing workforce shortages, enhancing professional development and leadership opportunities, and improving working conditions must be top priorities to ensure high-quality, and […]

Star Alumni Series: Suzanne McFarlane

Home Star Alumni Series The FNF leadership programme allowed me to reflect on my story and self, my career journey. ‘Self’ as my focus. Self-awareness made me delve into what was missing, what makes me unique, what makes me qualify for my next opportunity, my greatest career achievements, what motivates me, the value I bring, […]

Shine a Light on FNF Students Day

Home Every year we hold our #FNFStudents Day, bringing together a select number of nursing and midwifery students for a day packed full of networking and learning. Find out more about the 2024 event from some of the participants, including our first ever student Co-Chairs. Over 100 students spent the day networking with peers and […]

Student Day Blog: A Hairs Stand On End Experience

Home Sarah Seal is an apprentice nurse associate at The University of Chichester. She recently attended the FNF Students Day 2024 and in this blog she shares her experience of being part of the event. “I currently work for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. (SCFT) and I am based at Bognor Memorial Hospital . I […]

What are the manifestos saying about healthcare sustainability?

Home Author: Lisa Plotkin, FNF Head of Policy, on behalf of FNF Sustainability Subject Expert Group Last week, most of the UK’s major political parties unveiled their manifestos. While the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) scrutinised each one, our focus was also drawn to a different manifesto: the Manifesto by Nurses. Published by the Nursing Times, […]