\n Ashley Lawrence was one of 18 nurses celebrated at a ceremony in Edinburgh at the end of November after completing a nine-month development programme run by the Queen\u2019s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS).\n<\/p>\n
\n The prestigious title of Queen\u2019s Nurse is a mark of excellence in community nursing across Scotland.\n<\/p>\n
\n Joining Ashley, health visiting team manager in East Lothian, was\u00a0Leigh Williams, clinical team lead for district nursing and the bladder and bowel service in West Lothian.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Queen\u2019s Nurse Award recognises exceptional community nurses who demonstrate leadership, innovation and a commitment to improving health equity.\n<\/p>\n
\n Originally introduced in the late 19th century, the title was reintroduced in 2017, with about 20 nurses selected annually to undertake the Queen\u2019s Nurse Development Programme.\n<\/p>\n
\n There are now almost 200 contemporary Queen\u2019s Nurses working across Scotland.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pat Wynne, nurse director for primary and community care for NHS Lothian, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to see both Ashley and Leigh being awarded the Queen\u2019s Nurse title.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This is a significant achievement for community nurses across Lothian.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt reflects their dedication to delivering outstanding care and their commitment to improving health and wellbeing in our communities.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are incredibly proud of their success and the positive impact they continue to make every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ashley Lawrence was one of 18 nurses celebrated at a ceremony in Edinburgh at the end of November…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-656463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115787583051681607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}