WE DID IT!! 🎉🎉🎉 We are thrilled that the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill reached royal assent today! Around 60,000 parents annually will benefit from up to 12 weeks’ leave and pay when their babies are born needing neonatal care.

A survey on the subject of training received by Registered Midwives working to become Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and Academic Assessors is now live. The survey will help in the creation of a framework for use by provider organisations. orlo.uk/gv5LH

Really great visit - thank you maggie davies 💙 RN DCP and your staff University Hospitals Sussex Also great to hear about the global majority network - thank you Dr Fortune Mhlanga - such a lovely inspiring chat ❤️ 😊@CNOEngland

South East Global Majority delivering change leadership symposium with NHS South East Andrea Lewis 💙 RN MSc RRC Dr Fortune Mhlanga

South East Symposium with Speaking A Knight Jackson MBE on Nursing & Midwifery Anti-Racism Framework NHS South East Andrea Lewis 💙 RN MSc RRC Acosia Nyanin 💙 South East achievements & improvement in delivery plan with equity at the heart ;Outcomes need to change Kaye Wilson 💙 Dr Fortune Mhlanga

Nikolaos also attended the reception held at Buckingham Palace by King Charles III on 14 November, which marked the King’s 75th birthday, the NHS 75th anniversary and celebrated the contribution of the NHS’s internationally educated workforce.

Suzanne Rastrick NHS England WeAHPs 💙 Fabulous opportunity! Dr Clare Mander Stuart Palma Gemma Donnelly Ciara Tilley 💙🌈💙 Michelle Offen Aparna Belapurkar, Chief AHP Officer Rachel Dalton 💙 Rebecca Tyrrell Maria Trotman (Mitchell) Andy Sharman Andrea Lewis 💙 RN MSc RRC one to share across the #SouthEastAHPs 🙏🏻

On Saturday 11 May I’m taking part in Guildford’s Park Run to mark International Nurses Day #IND2024.   There’s still time to register for your local parkrun UK event and join me and #teamCNO colleagues across the country in celebrating our nursing profession 😊💪🏃‍♀️🙌

What a blast and a hot one! Sandhurst Park Run complete and first ever park run for me - lovely for that to be the case whilst celebrating international day of the nurse and midwife 2024 - lots of reflection whilst catching my breath 😀🏃‍♀️🎉 Have a great day everyone 🙏👏⭐️

Happy #IND2024 to all my fantastic colleagues across the country. Thank you for all that you do. On such a special day I felt honoured to be at the Florence Nightingale commemorative service in East Wellow (where Florence is buried) in my capacity as QARANC Colonel Commandant ❤️

Happy Armed Forces day to all and a huge thanks to the NHS and #teamCNO for all your support ❤️

Who will be joining the brand new FoNS #MHLDA in-patient Ward Manager Development Programme from your organisation? Commissioned by the NHS England First groups start Nov 2024 - recruiting now! fons.org/programmes-dev… Please share with your networks teamCNO 💙

This week I visited #teamCNO colleagues from maternity and neonatal services at St James’s University Hospital Leeds Teaching Hospitals with Acosia Nyanin 💙. We heard about the support available for families and colleagues, and the great partnership working across multi-disciplinary teams.

On International Nurses Day #IND2025, thank you to everyone who makes up our nursing profession. Supporting people throughout their lives and across all settings, you are the fabric of our communities and make a difference to people's lives every minute of every day. 💙 #teamCNO

Happy International Nurses Day 2025 to everyone across the South East. Thank you so much for all that you do and for making a difference to so many people’s lives❤️