The Queen’s Nursing Institute Annual Conference 2024

Empowering the Community Workforce

October 7 - 10th, 2024

About the Conference

The UK’s leading event for community nurses will take place over four days of discussion, sharing expertise, and insights into community nursing today and in the future. The theme this year is, ‘Empowering the Community Workforce’.

Agenda

Agenda

October 7, 2024 10:55

Join via Zoom - Day 1

Breakout session - District Nursing

District Nursing
Mark Millar, Deputy Programme Director MSc/PGDip Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing Programme, City St George's, University of London

Breakout session - Community Children's Nursing

Community Children’s Nursing
Jane Mulcahy, Consultant Nurse Children's Community & Complex care, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Breakout session - Adult Social Care Nursing

Adult Social Care Nursing
Kathryn Riley, Director of Nurse Education, University College Birmingham

Breakout session - General Practice Nursing

General Practice Nursing
Lisa Clarke, QN, Senior Lecturer – Community Nursing, University of Wolverhampton

October 7, 2024 11:00

Chair’s welcome

Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, QN, RN, RHV
Chief Executive, The QNI

October 7, 2024 11:05

Gold sponsor session

Karen Swinson
Clinical Lead, RLDatix

Shona Blackhall
Director of PM, Long Horizon, RLDatix

Rebecca Dixon
District Nurse Clinical Lead and Queen’s Nurse, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS FT

Rebecca Simpson
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Salli Pilcher
QN, Community Collaborative Lead Nurse, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

October 7, 2024 11:45

Delineating advanced level practice within community nursing

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

October 7, 2024 12:45

Lunch break and meeting our sponsors

October 7, 2024 13:45

Evidence based practice

Dr Ben Bowers
QN, Community Nursing Research Consultant, The QNI

Professor Gina Higginbottom MBE
FQNI, Emeritus Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham

October 7, 2024 14:40

Break

October 7, 2024 15:40

Close

Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, QN, RN, RHV
Chief Executive, The QNI

October 8, 2024 10:55

Join via Zoom - Day 2

Breakout session - Community Palliative and End of Life Care

Community Palliative and End of Life Care
Victoria Bartlett, QN, Director of Patient Care, Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer & CQC Registered Manager Rowcroft Hospice

Breakout session - Community Mental Health Nursing

Community Mental Health Nursing
Dr Emma Wadey, Deputy Director Mental Health Nursing, NHS England (Invited)

Breakout session - Inclusion Health Nursing

Inclusion Health Nursing
Kendra Schneller, MBE, Nursing Specialist, Homeless & High Intensity User (HIU) service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Breakout session - Community Learning Disability Nursing

Community Learning Disability Nursing
Jillian Pawlyn, Lecturer in Nursing, Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies, The Open University

October 8, 2024 11:00

Chair’s welcome

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

October 8, 2024 11:05

The QNI: Empowering the Community Nursing Workforce in 2024

Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, QN, RN, RHV
Chief Executive, The QNI

October 8, 2024 11:45

Dementia care in the LGBTQ+ community

Allison O'Kelly, QN
Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

October 8, 2024 12:45

Update

George Plumptre
Chief Executive, The National Garden Scheme

October 8, 2024 13:00

Lunch break and meeting our sponsors

October 8, 2024 13:45

Young Carers

Andy McGowan
Policy and Practice Manager, Carers Trust

October 8, 2024 14:45

Robots in Nursing

Elaine Strachan-Hall
Clinical Associate, KPMG

October 8, 2024 15:30

Break

October 8, 2024 16:25

Close

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

October 9, 2024 10:55

Join via Zoom - Day 3

October 9, 2024 11:00

Chair’s welcome

Professor Brian Webster-Henderson OBE
Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Cumbria

October 9, 2024 11:05

Gold sponsor

Lisa Locker
Chief Nurse, Hallam Medical

October 9, 2024 11:25

Workforce

Professor Mark Radford CBE
National Director - LTWP Delivery & Deputy Chief Nursing Officer of England

October 9, 2024 12:25

Lunch break and meeting our sponsors

October 9, 2024 13:25

Careers in the community – Panel Discussion

Julie Bliss
QN, Senior Nursing Education Adviser, NMC

Michelle McBride QN
Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University

Florence Head
Community Staff Nurse and Owner of “Nursing with Flo” @Instagram and @Tiktok

Abbi Whitelock
Nursing Student

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

October 9, 2024 14:25

Break

October 9, 2024 14:45

Hearing my own silence: On leading, learning and legacy

Professor Laura Serrant CBE
FQNI, Chief Executive, Laura Serrant Limited

October 9, 2024 15:45

Close

Professor Brian Webster-Henderson OBE
Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Cumbria

October 10, 2024 10:50

Join via Zoom - Day 4

October 10, 2024 10:55

Chair’s welcome

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

October 10, 2024 11:00

The accidental leader

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam MBE
Senior Strategy Advisor at University of Nottingham and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer

October 10, 2024 11:45

CNO session

Duncan Burton
Chief Nursing Officer for England

Anne Armstrong
Interim Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland

Paul Labourne
QN, FQNI, Nursing Officer for Wales

Sonia Glendinning
Nursing Officer for Public Health, Northern Ireland

Fionnuala Gallagher
Nursing Officer for Older People, DOH, Northern Ireland

October 10, 2024 12:45

Lunch break and meeting our sponsors

October 10, 2024 13:45

Learning from international policies

Dr Barbara Stilwell
FQNI, Global Health and Nursing Consultant

October 10, 2024 14:45

Influencing Policy

Thea Stein
Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust

October 10, 2024 15:45

Close

Professor John Unsworth OBE
Chair of Council, The QNI

Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, QN, RN, RHV
Chief Executive, The QNI

Our Gold Sponsors

Other Sponsors

Frequently Asked questions


Yes, you’ll need to register for this online event. Simply follow the link at the top of the page and submit your information and make payment. Then you’ll receive an email confirming your registration for the event.
Our standard rate for the entire conference is £50. We offer a discounted rate of £40 for Queen’s Nurses and £25 for students.
As we charge considerably less than other healthcare conference providers, we decided to keep a flat rate for the entire conference and offer discounts to our Queen’s Nurses and Students.
We are a small charity doing our best to provide training and offer support to all community nurses. Any income generated from the conference will cover administrative costs and will be reinvested in our work to continue helping community nurses across the UK.
We do not offer refunds as most plenary sessions will be recorded and made available on the conferencing platform. If you have a question regarding refunds, please contact our Events Team at events@qni.org.uk
No, you do not need to download or install any software to participate in our conference. You only need to have access to the Internet. We have received feedback from our attendees that some NHS devices block Zoom. If you previously had issues accessing Zoom from your work device please use a personal one – you can access the page from a smartphone too!
Your can log in by using the email address and password you have provided at registration. If you forgot your password please click on the “Forgot my password” button after clicking on “Log in”.
The on-demand content will be hosted for 30 days following the event.
The QNI will not issue an invoice for the booking but you will receive a receipt of your payment. If you wish to book more than 5 places for your organisation, please contact events@qni.org.uk