Wonderful to join Chelsea and Westminster Hospital teamCNO 💙 Ruth May 💙 NHS London @NHSEngland colleagues parkrun UK this morning celebrating International Nurses Day #IND2024

Great to be with fellow Global Florence Nightingale Foundation scholar Karrie Long this morning all the way from 🇦🇺 celebrating international nurses day parkrun UK teamCNO 💙 Prof Greta Westwood CBE PhD Registered Nurse Ruth May 💙 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Jane Clegg Randy S Occidental Bongi Sibanda

Good luck to all my #teamCNO colleagues who are taking part in parkrun UK events this morning for #IND2024 . 💙

Whether you walk, jog, run, volunteer or go along to soak up the atmosphere, it’s a great way to celebrate International Nurses Day and our incredible profession.

Happy International Day of the Midwife #IDM2024 💙

Although it can be challenging, being a midwife is the most rewarding career I can imagine, and it is an honour to support and care for women, babies and families.

Today is #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife !

A baby is born in the NHS every 58 seconds. Thank you to all our incredible midwives for the care, compassion and support you give to mothers, babies and their families every single minute. 💙 👶

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Thanks to Julie Airedale Hospital for showing me around the Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit this morning after joining colleagues at #ACA2024 Nursing, Midwifery and AHP conference Sajan Sathyan Foluke Ajayi Amanda Stanford💙💛 teamCNO 💙

But we know there is more to do, and we will continue to work closely with Trusts to implement the NHS three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, to ensure safer, more personalised and equitable maternity care for all women, babies and families.

We continue to make improvements and thanks to recent recruitment efforts the number of full-time midwives has increased by over 1,000 on last year, and as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, nursing and midwifery training places will increase to around 58,000 by 2031/32.

It is good news that women had a better experience of maternity care last year compared with 2022 – importantly, most women were positive about their interactions with staff and the advice and support they received during labour.

It was wonderful to meet nursing associates (NAs) and trainee nursing associates (TNAs) from Guy's and St Thomas' and Evelina London last week and hear about their fantastic work, their journeys and the nursing colleagues who have supported them along the way. #teamCNO 🧵(1/4)

His Majesty The King has sent his personal heartfelt thanks to all nurses and midwives in England on the occasion of the #CNOSummit2023 , after inviting 450 internationally educated nurses and midwives to his birthday celebrations at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. #TeamCNO #Proud

Please share Duncan Burton 💙 Phoebe Robinson Simon Kenny Dr. Fiona Lynch🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪 WeCYPNurses 💙 Sally Crighton

The national roll-out of PEWS is an important step in improving care for children and young people. This standardised method of tracking deterioration will improve working methods and safety, supporting nurses and doctors to do the best for children and young people. #teamcno

What an amazing day sharing great practice and celebrating record numbers of #WeAreHCSWs working across the NHS! Thank you to everyone who came and that has contributed to the recruitment and retention of our workforce! What a privilege to be part of it!

NHS organisations in London, alongside community and voluntary sector organisations, are providing advice and support to refugees, and showcasing employment opportunities across the NHS at today's Indeed job fair at the Oval, with almost 400 people registering for NHS roles.

Delighted to welcome Duncan Burton 💙 to North Bristol NHS Trust today, valued the opportunity to spend time with our maternity team and our incredible internationally educated nurses.

Pictured here with our July cohort, thank you so much for choosing North Bristol NHS Trust

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Great opportunity today to share work at Liverpool Women's with Duncan Burton 💙 #thankyou for your support improving the delivery of maternity services to women families and babies @CEOlpoolwomens1 Heledd Wynne Jones Gary Price 💙 Professor Hilary Garratt CBE,RN,HV, PhD (Hon),MSc Ruth May 💙

Since day one, the NHS has never stood still. It has continually innovated and adapted to meet the changing needs of our patients – and continues to do so.

To everyone who's made such a difference to many millions of lives over the last 75 years — thank you.

This will set out a clear strategic direction of travel for the professions over the next 3-5 years and highlight how nurses, midwives and care staff can contribute to the key ambitions and priorities of the entire system.

The plan also recognises the importance of diversity across our workforce and the value and skills nurses and midwives working in areas such as, research and education bring, as well as the need to increase the number of those in advanced practice roles.