Innovations in Diabetes Care Projects Launched
26 March 2024
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has announced five new nurse-led projects in the community that will benefit people living with diabetes.
The five projects are supported with funding by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, and will each run for twelve months, completing in March 2025.
Each project will benefit from up to £5,000 and will receive a year-long programme of tailored support from the QNI’s Innovation Team led by Dr Amanda Young.
The learning and development gained in the supportive environment of a QNI innovation programme enables nurses to reach their potential and inspire them to take their career to the next level. They also bring an enhanced profile and wider recognition to the services they work for.
The project leaders attended the starting workshop in London during March and their projects will run until March 2025.
The QNI is looking for community nurses and organisations who would like to develop innovative projects around sustainability in healthcare. To find out more about undertaking an innovation programme with the QNI this year, please go to: https://qni.org.uk/explore-qni/nurse-led-projects/sustainability-and-innovation-projects-in-partnership/ .
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The QNI is also delivering five gardens and health projects, and one project from Leeds Community Healthcare, that launched on the same date. The gardens and health (NGS Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarships) are listed in a separate press release.
The project at Leeds, led by Sarah O’Donnell, focuses on integrating core nursing training in community and general practice. It will bring together training across General Practice and Community Nursing teams to understand the needs of the patients as a collective and how sharing resources through the system can improve patient outcomes.
The QNI has recently undertaken an evaluation of its overall Community Nursing Innovation Programme, which will be published shortly.
We are looking forward to working with these inspirational community nurses and helping them put their ideas into action. The QNI model delivers measurable benefits for individual and population health, and helps nurses to develop new skills and realise their potential.
Dr Amanda Young, Director of Nursing Programmes (Innovation), The QNIThe learning and development gained in the supportive environment of a QNI innovation programme enables nurses to reach their potential and inspire them to take their career to the next level. They also bring an enhanced profile and wider recognition to the services they work for.
The project leaders attended the starting workshop in London during March and their projects will run until March 2025.
The QNI is looking for community nurses and organisations who would like to develop innovative projects around sustainability in healthcare. To find out more about undertaking an innovation programme with the QNI this year, please go to: https://qni.org.uk/explore-qni/nurse-led-projects/sustainability-and-innovation-projects-in-partnership/ .
ENDS
Notes
The QNI is also delivering five gardens and health projects, and one project from Leeds Community Healthcare, that launched on the same date. The gardens and health (NGS Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarships) are listed in a separate press release.
The project at Leeds, led by Sarah O’Donnell, focuses on integrating core nursing training in community and general practice. It will bring together training across General Practice and Community Nursing teams to understand the needs of the patients as a collective and how sharing resources through the system can improve patient outcomes.
The QNI has recently undertaken an evaluation of its overall Community Nursing Innovation Programme, which will be published shortly.
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