Queen’s Nurses and Staff of the Queen’s Nursing Institute were very saddened by the recent death of Queen’s Nurse Allyson Kent.

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland’s (QNIS) annual Queen’s Nurse awards evening took place on Thursday, November 28, at the Grassmarket Community Project.

More than 500 community nurses were brought together at the Queen’s Nursing Institute’s Annual Awards in London.

The new Lead Nurse at a surgery in Northamptonshire says that compassion and empathy are key elements of nursing.

Specialists from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust were recently at Acre Mills Outpatients with the Community Liver Health Checks vehicle in a bid to cut GP referral lists.

Salford Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) celebrated its first anniversary of opening and has delivered more than 19,000 tests to NHS patients in the local area. 

A new community nursing bag has been launched in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to help in delivering standardised, professional care in community settings.

Registrations are now open for a free webinar exploring how bias may influence the care and well-being of people living with obesity.

A new member of the RCN Foundation Governance and Nominations Committee is being sought.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals, part of Humber Health Partnership, has been announced the winner of the Hypo Awareness Week Excellence Award, part of the QiC Diabetes awards programme.

Staff and teams from across Lincolnshire’s community services and hospitals have been recognised at a glittering staff awards ceremony.

Colleagues from across Northumbria Healthcare came together to share learning and celebrate the trust’s community services.

Healthcare leader Paul Rees MBE will oversee the establishment of the NMC’s culture and performance, as the regulator’s new Interim Chief Executive and Registrar.

QNIS Professional Nurse Lead, Emma Legge, was delighted to attend an event at St Mirren Football Club to present long service awards to community nurses and midwives from the Glasgow Shires Health and Social Care Partnership. 

Wiltshire Health and Care's Lead Community Clinical Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Beth Kelly, has been awarded the prestigious Insulin Safety Week Excellence Award, part of the QiC Diabetes awards programme.

The RCN has announced Bejoy Sebastian as its new President and Professor Alison Leary MBE FRCN as Deputy President.

The Obesity & Weight Management Alliance is excited to announce a call for poster submissions for its highly anticipated 2025 conference, taking place on March 7 at the Thistle London Marble Arch. 

A pilot project at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) aimed at supporting care close to home and reducing unnecessary patient admissions to the Emergency Department launched today – a new X-Ray car service which will take the X-Ray to the patient. 

“How can we help?” is often the first question that community nurses ask when they receive a phone call from a distressed family carer, or are faced with a difficult situation.

Community mental health nurses across Adult Community Mental Health Services in Hertfordshire came together for the launch of their Community Nursing Fundamentals of Care Standards Live.