The Primary Care Clinical Professional Group (PCCPG) has submitted a response to the Health and Sport Committee’s Inquiry on the future of Primary Care in Scotland. The response, available to download here, was created collaboratively by the membership of the group, which includes QNIS. RCN Scotland, RCGP, Community Pharmacy Scotland and AHPFScotland are among the…
Applications open for Catalysts for Change funding
The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS), in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund, is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Catalysts for Change programme. Grants are available of up to £5,000 to help community nurses in Scotland and their local partners explore short-term initiatives that prevent, reduce or overcome health inequities. QNIS has previously…
130 anniversary celebrations at GCU
QNIS continued our 130th anniversary with a celebration in Glasgow. Glasgow Caledonian University were the hosts for a lunch and exhibition. Students and lecturers attending from the university, along with other nursing leaders, had the opportunity to talk about the history of nursing with several of our local retired Queen’s Nurses. The Queen’s Nurses were…
Catalyst for Change a Patient’s Choice Winner
QNIS Catalyst for Change Sarah Everett won the Patient’s Choice Award from the RCNi on Wednesday night. Sarah, a Practice Nurse at the Yellow Practice, Govan Health Centre, won the only award which was voted for by the public, and was the only Scottish winner this year. In 2017, Sarah was the recipient of a…
Queen’s Nurse Annual Gathering
Retired Queen’s Nurses from across Scotland came together for the QNIS Annual Gathering in June as part of the Institute’s 130th anniversary celebrations. The event brought together more than 60 retired community nurses who travelled from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen to Crieff Hydro. It is an important date in the QNIS calendar, with all…
QMU Honor Society Edinburgh
We invite you to join us on an exciting journey. QNIS is working together with the Queen Margaret University Edinburgh Honor Society (QMUEHS) over the coming months to become a Sigma Chapter – the first to be recognised in Scotland. What is it? In 1922, six nurses founded Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of…
Animation supports carers for people with dementia
Our 2017 ‘Catalysts for Change’ projects submitted their final reports earlier this year. In addition to their written report, one of our projects created a magnificent animation. The project – “Working together to promote resilience and enhance informal carers’ well-being in Tweeddale” developed the animation to support the carers of people with dementia. The animation…
New Standards for Community Children’s Nurses Launched
The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) and Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) have published new standards to support Community Children’s Nurse (CCN) education and practice across the UK. The two organisations worked together with leading experts to develop the voluntary standards, which also aim to provide young people, their carers and the public with a contemporary description…
Community Nurses and Financial Scamming
QNIS is working with partners across sectors to host an event later in the autumn about safeguarding people from financial abuse. As we prepare for this event, we’d like to get a sense of how much community nurses already know about this issue. We would be really grateful if you could click this link and…
North-east community nurses receive long service award
Almost 50 nurses from across the north-east have been recognised for their dedication to community care. The group came together for an event in Inverurie, where they were presented with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) award for long service. The 49 nurses, who all work in roles within the community, including district nursing, health…
