Catherine Morgan, chief nurse for the East of England for NHS England and NHS Improvement, has been appointed an OBE for services to Nursing in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2021. Formerly chief nurse for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Catherine joined NHS England and NHS Improvement as Chief Nurse […]

The NHS has appointed the East of England’s first chief midwife to lead improvements in care for expectant mothers and their babies during the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. NHS England announced today that Wendy Matthews OBE Director of Nursing at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust has been appointed to the new role, […]

NHS helps challenge gender stereotypes about men in nursing by supporting ‘My daddy is a nurse’ book launch. A new children’s book about male nurses, aimed at four to seven year olds, has been released this week (22 January 2020). ‘My daddy is a nurse’ challenges the assumption that all nurses are women by showcasing […]