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Motion

Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Award Winners

S6M-07346 · Standard Motion · lodged by Mackay, Gillian

Lodged on
21 Dec 2022
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That the Parliament congratulates the 20 community nurses and midwives, who havebeen awarded the prestigious title of Queens’s Nurse at the Queen’s NursingInstitute Scotland Awards ceremony on 2 December 2022; further congratulatesLaura McCann and Colette Fotheringham of NHS Forth Valley, Robert Campbell ofNHS Lanarkshire and Elizabeth Briody from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde fromwithin the Central Scotland region; understands that Queen’s Nursing in Scotlanddates back to the late 19th century, when nurses completed specific training,which allowed them to work as district nurses, where they provided healthcareand health promotion to people in their own homes and became well respectedfigures within their community; further understands that, after a hiatusfollowing the introduction of the national certificate for district nursing in1969, it was reintroduced in 2017 where 20 nurses are chosen to take part in atransformational development programme, which would represent the range ofcontemporary community nursing and midwifery roles in place today; notes thatnurses are selected for their clinical expertise and compassionate care;further notes that they then complete a nine-month programme, where they choosean issue for development, which, they believe, will have a significant impacton those they care for, and wishes the winning Queen’s Nurses all the best intheir future endeavours.
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SNP 14 Con 5 Lab 4 Green 3 Ind 1
Lodged by Mackay, Gillian (Scottish Green Party).
No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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    S6M-07346
    21 Dec 2022 · Standard Motion · Mackay, Gillian
    That the Parliament congratulates the 20 community nurses and midwives, who havebeen awarded the prestigious title of Queens’s Nurse at the Queen’s NursingInstitute Scotland Awards ceremony on 2 December 2022; further congratulatesLaura McCann and Colette Fotheringham of NHS Forth Valley, Robert Campbell ofNHS Lanarkshire and Elizabeth Briody ...