William Rathbone X Annual Award and lecture
The Queen’s Nursing Institute will hold the second William Rathbone X Annual Lecture and Award Presentation at the London South Bank University next month.
The lecture will be given by Michelle Cox, Race Equality Consultant. Michelle has 30 years’ experience in the NHS, and 26 years as a registered nurse.
Michelle has a particular interest in health inequalities. As a black nurse she has shone a light on issues affecting not just black communities and ethnic minorities, in her hometown of Liverpool, but has led on a number of national programs to elevate understandings around Equality Diversity and Inclusion ensuring that challenges are addressed, and learning embedded throughout NHS organisations.
Michelle is more than passionate about challenging discrimination and injustices and has often used her platform as a nurse. Until recently she was the Chair of Steve Biko Housing Association ensuring that the elderly and vulnerable in the local community have access to quality affordable homes free from race discrimination.
Michelle’s lecture is entitled, ‘Healing the Scars: Community Nursing in Liverpool amidst the Legacy of Slavery and Discrimination’.
The QNI recognises the necessity of excellent leadership at a strategic level in the delivery of nursing care in the community.
As a result, last year it created The William Rathbone X Annual Award for Excellence in the Executive Nurse Leadership of Community Nursing Services.
The Award is named in memory of an outstanding former member of the QNI’s Council, William Rathbone X, and has been funded by his family.
The Award gives national recognition of the impact of strategic nursing leadership in the delivery of excellent community nursing services.
The nominees for 2024 are:
Carolyn Bell, Prospect Hospice, Swindon
Helen Dobson, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Paula Hull, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Kim O’Keeffe, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Suzanne Mumford, Care UK
Paula Simpson, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Dawn Slater, Livewell Southwest CIC Social Enterprise, Plymouth.
The lecture and awards presentation are invitation only.