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Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Award Winners

  • Submitted by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-07346

That the Parliament congratulates the 20 community nurses and midwives, who have been awarded the prestigious title of Queens’s Nurse at the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Awards ceremony on 2 December 2022; further congratulates Laura McCann and Colette Fotheringham of NHS Forth Valley, Robert Campbell of NHS Lanarkshire and Elizabeth Briody from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde from within the Central Scotland region; understands that Queen’s Nursing in Scotland dates back to the late 19th century, when nurses completed specific training, which allowed them to work as district nurses, where they provided healthcare and health promotion to people in their own homes and became well respected figures within their community; further understands that, after a hiatus following the introduction of the national certificate for district nursing in 1969, it was reintroduced in 2017 where 20 nurses are chosen to take part in a transformational development programme, which would represent the range of contemporary community nursing and midwifery roles in place today; notes that nurses are selected for their clinical expertise and compassionate care; further notes that they then complete a nine-month programme, where they choose an issue for development, which, they believe, will have a significant impact on those they care for, and wishes the winning Queen’s Nurses all the best in their future endeavours.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Siobhian Brown, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Natalie Don, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Christine Grahame, Ross Greer, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Marie McNair, Audrey Nicoll, Mark Ruskell, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Michelle Thomson, David Torrance, Tess White