Programmes

FoNS believes that all patients should experience care that is high quality and patient-focused. Whilst the responsibility for continuously improving the quality of care lies with all healthcare professionals, nurses as direct care givers have a key role in leading and facilitating change.

In FoNS’ experience, identifying, understanding and responding to practice problems can be challenging and complex. Our practice based development and research programmes are therefore designed to inspire and help nurse-led teams to work through such complexities by:

• Supporting and developing practitioners
• Listening to the voices of service users
• Creating networking opportunities to learn with and from others
• Utilising a wide range of evidence (including research, practice experience, service users’ experience)
• Integrating critical reflection and evaluation into practice
• Using systematic approaches to development and research 

FoNS knows skilled facilitation is central to enabling others to lead change and achieve excellence in practice and so our programmes offer both bursaries and expertise in facilitating practice development and change.

FoNS is currently supporting three programmes. To find out more, click on the links below:

• Patients First - Supporting Nurse-led Innovation in Practice in partnership with the Burdett Trust for Nursing 
• Practice Based Development and Research Programme in partnership with the General Nursing Council for England and Wales Trust
• Small Projects Programme in partnership with NHS London, the Burdett Trust for Nursing, Antigone

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