The sun was out in Pitlochry last week at the QNIS Annual gathering and holiday, which took place for its second year at Fisher’s Hotel. Around 50 retired Queen’s Nurses, volunteer visitors, staff, Trustees, and guests came together to renew friendships, share memories, and enjoy a delicious lunch. The Annual Gathering is an opportunity for…
Supporting people with a learning disability in the justice system
Think COULD was developed by a cohort of eight Learning Disability Queen’s Nurses across Scotland in partnership with QNIS with funding from The Burdett Trust for Nursing. It was designed to support people with a learning disability if they find themselves in contact with the justice system. As part of the Think COULD project, an original…
QNIS comments on the QNI’s change of name to Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN)
In light of the announcement that QNI will be changing its name, we have taken the decision to remain as the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland. As QNIS we remain focused on providing high-quality professional development opportunities for Scotland’s community nurses and midwives, encouraging them to tackle health and care inequalities in collaboration with the people…
New clinical advisors for QNIS
Late last year, we invited applications for two Queen’s Nurse Clinical Advisors to QNIS Council. We are delighted to announce that Katy Jenks and Kim Barron were appointed to the roles and will be joining quarterly Council meetings from May 2025. The Clinical Advisor role complements that of the Trustees by bringing a practice perspective…
Empowering an imprisoned population to improve their heart health
As a new cohort of community nurses are due to begin their journey on the Queen’s Nursing Development Programme, we caught up with Rosie Crighton, Health Visitor and School Nurse Team Leader, from NHS Grampian, who completed the programme in 2023. Rosie was one of four community clinical nurse experts supported by QNIS to become…
QNIS Annual Review 2024 published
The QNIS Annual Review 2024 is now available online. The publication features information about the new 2024 Queen’s Nurses – 21 community nurses who completed the Queen’s Nurse Development Programme last year. It also updates readers on what the staff at QNIS have been working on throughout the year, as well as news from contemporary…
Long service recognised by QNIS
We are delighted to have supported a number of long service awards events this year. In total, certificates were awarded to 413 community nurses and midwives who have given 21 years or more of service to the community. These events recognise the invaluable contributions of healthcare professionals who have devoted their careers to the wellbeing…
Celebrating the 2024 Queen’s Nurses
Our annual Queen’s Nurse awards evening took place on Thursday 28th November at the Grassmarket Community Project. The Queen’s Nurse title was awarded to 21 community nurses who completed the nine-month Queen’s Nurse Development Programme (QNDP) this year. We were delighted that retired Queen’s Nurse, Merrill Whalen, and Anne Armstrong, Interim Chief Nursing Officer, were…
QNIS presents long service awards
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. Professor Angela Wallace, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Board Nurse Director was also at the event, where 70 Long…
Retired Queen’s Nurses gather in Inverness
There was a fantastic turnout at this year’s local gathering of retired Queen’s Nurses (rQNs) in Inverness. Nearly 30 nurses – a mixture of rQNs and other community nurses – enjoyed an excellent afternoon with lots of catching up, Gaelic chat and remarkable friendships, going back 90 years in some cases.
