Count Down: 52 days until the National Student Nurse Congress

We have just over 50 days until the big day! Who's excited?

Our congress programme is well underway and all speakers has now been confirmed. Please click on the 'Congress Programme' tab at the top for more information about the speakers and sessions running on the day. 

We've had a record response once registration went live and within two weeks, we were sold out! Many thanks for all your enthusiasm!

We are aware that many of you who wish to attend cannot, as unfortunately we are strict with capacity. Please if any of those who has registered know in advance that you're not able to make it, do cancel your ticket ahead of time so others are able to join us. 

We are excited to announce that 9 student nurses from across the UK has been shortlisted for the National Student Nurse Congress Award 2023. The winner will be announced on the day. Here's the list of this years shortlist, in no particular order:

Ada Okoye, Leeds Beckett University

Blessing Chitowamombe, University of Chichester

Ceri Godden, University of Roehampton London

Christopher Johnson, Nottingham Trent University

Claudia Collins, University of York

Molly Payne, University of Lincoln

Roma Gibb, University of Highlands and Islands

Rosie Riley, Kingston University

Stanley Blunt, University of Northampton

**Thank you to those who has lighted their dietary needs, we will try to accommodate everyone's requirements.

UPDATE: Award Shortlist, Registration and Congress Time Table

Time has definitely flown and already we're in February! We have just short of 3 months until the big day and we have some fantastic news to share.

National Student Nurse Congress Award 2023

Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the National Student Nurse Congress 2023. We've had a good number of strong nominations that came through and we are pleased to announce the following students that are shortlisted (in no particularly order):

• Ada Okoye, Leeds Beckett University

• Blessing Chitowamombe, University of Chichester

• Ceri Godden, University of Roehampton London

• Christopher Johnson, Nottingham Trent University

• Claudia Collins, University of York

• Molly Payne, University of Lincoln

• Roma Gibb, University of Highlands and Islands

• Rosie Riley, Kingston University

• Stanley Blunt, University of Northampton

Please click on 'Congress Award' for more information

Congress Programme in Progress

We have some fantastic news! With the help of everyone who has answered the questionnaire, we have now got ourselves a programme! The questionnaire will now be closed We're in the process of confirming all speakers attending the congress. We look forward to sharing with you the programme in due course. 

In the time being, we would like to thank those who has submitted their nominations for the National Student Nurse Congress Award 2023. We would hope to hear from many more universities!

Happy New Year

Happiest New Year from us to you!

Hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! It's now 2023 and we have just short of 4 months until the big day! We have sent reminder emails to all universities in the UK regarding the National Student Nurse Congress Award, please do think about who you'd like to nominate! It's going to be an exciting few months and we look forward to hearing from you.

Registration will be live in February so please do keep an eye out on our blogsite!

Questionnaire Update

The questionnaire is really giving us some insight into what you'd like us to cover at the congress! Many thanks to everyone who has completed the questionnaire so far.

Please click into the 'Questionnaire' tab above to see the results to date.

If you haven't already completed the questionnaire, please do it to tip the scale closer to the topic you're interested in. We promise you, It'll only take a a minute or two. 

Please CLICK HERE to complete the questionnaire.

The top topics so far (in no particular order:

1. Can and Can't Do's in Clinical Placement
2. Transition from Student Nurse to Qualified Nurse
3. Deteriorating Patient, What Do I Do?
4. My Inspiration, What's Yours?
5. Joint Exploring Integrated Care Systems and Diversity in Nursing

Keynote Speakers

We're very excited to announce that we have secured our two keynote speakers for the event

Dame Ruth May

Chief Nursing Officer, the lead for the nursing, midwifery and care professionals in England

Jane Clegg
Director of Nursing and Deputy Regional Chief Nurse for London at NHS England

Questionnaire Update

Many thanks to everyone who has completed the questionnaire so far, we've had a really good response so far. Please click into the 'Questionnaire' tab above to see the results to date.

If you would like to tip the scale closer to the topic you're interested in but haven't yet completed the questionnaire, then please do it now!

Please CLICK HERE to complete the questionnaire.

 Save the Date!

Friday 28th April 2023 at

St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

I am excited to inform you that the National Student Nurse Congress is up and running again! Following almost 3 years of the Covid-19 Pandemic, restrictions and lock down, we are now reverting back to our 'usual life' and it's such a great feeling to share this exciting news. 

The last National Student Nurse Congress was held in 2019 and it was a well received event attended by over 250 delegates, most of which were student nurses from within London, but also from as far away as Scotland. The day was framed with two keynote speakers: Jane Cummings, CNO of England and Janet Davies, Chief Executive of RCN, along with a stellar line-up of inspirational speakers including Dr Peter Carter, Professor Tony Butterworth, Professor Oliver Shanely - CNO of London. The day was led and supported by a number of student nurses and newly qualified nurses to present at the congress. We also held our very first Award Ceremony celebrating student nurses who has gone above and beyond their role. 

This year it will be no different. We are in the process of inviting keynotes speakers and designing discussion and interactive workshops. We will be hosting the National Student Nurse Congress Award again celebrating both Student Nurses and Associate Nursing Students. All Nursing Schools within the UK will be invited to join us in the next few weeks so keep an eye/ear on the news. Eventbrite will be open for registration near February time. 

It would be great to hear your thoughts and ideas on what topics you'd be interested to learn from on the day. This is an event made for you students and I've always enjoyed collaborating with students to ensure the day is tailored for your needs. Please drop me an email on studentnurse.congress@stgeorges.nhs.uk or click on the 'Questionnaire' Tab at the top and complete the questionnaire

Do watch this space as I'm hoping to update this as regularly as I could!

Nikki Yun, 
General Intensive Care Senior Staff Nurse
Founder and Event Organiser
SGH National Student Nurse Congress

UPDATE: Current circumstances with Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In light of the current circumstances with Coronavirus (COVID-19), I am sorry to inform you that we have made the decision to cancel the Student Nurse Congress scheduled for Monday 6^th April 2020 at St George’s University Hospital. We know that this will be a disappointment to many of you who have registered for this event and those who have agreed to to participate. We have always been impressed with the day and the enthusiasm and engagement of the students that attend.

We are working to rearrange this event for later in the year and we will keep you updated with this.

Thank you in advance for your understanding on this matter and apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Best Wishes,

Robert Bleasdale, Chief Nurse and Director of Infection Control and Prevention

St George’s University Hospital

Nikki Yun, General Intensive Care Staff Nurse

Founder and Organiser of the National Student Nurse Congress

St George’s University Hospital

Selina-Marie Harris Executive Assistant to Chief and Deputy Chief Nurse Direct: 020 8725 1620 Email: selinamarie.harris@stgeorges.nhs.uk Web: stgeorges.nhs.uk St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

**Announcement - National Student Nurse Congress Award

Apologies for the delay, we'd like to congratulate and announce the shortlist for this years National Student Nurse Congress Award

This year we've had a good number of nominations and it was difficult to choose from as the standards were extremely high. We are delighted to announce that the Shortlist for this years National Student Nurse Congress are (in no particular order):

1. Daniel Gigaseri - Middlesex University
2. Ellen Dunn - University of Salford
3. Linda Metcalf - Kingston University and St George's, University of London
4. Maryam Khan - University of Salford
5. Navidad Palmer - Liverpool John Moores University
6. Rachel Bevan - Cardiff University
7. Rose James - University of Chester
8. Sala Khulumula - University of Nottingham
9. Sandra Walsh - Manchester Metropolitan University
10. William Adams - Edge Hill University

The winner will be announced at the National Student Nurse Congress on Monday 6th April 2020. Do join us on this fantastic day! Register to attend the congress for free by clicking HERE

Shortlist Annoucement

The shortlist for the National Student Nurse Congress Award will be announced next week. 

Thank you for your patience.

Registration is Live!

We are pleased to finally announce that registration is now live! Please register yourself to the event and join us on a day filled with thought provoking topics, speakers and excitement!

Click HERE to register yourself on Eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you there on the day!

New Year Comes with an Exciting New Programme

Wishing everyone a belated New Year!

I hope everyone had a really lovely time celebrating the opening of 2020.

What a great year to start: 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. For those who's not aware, Nurses and Midwives make up the largest numbers of the NHS workforce and 2020 is Florence Nightingale's bicentennial year. What better way to celebrate than having the first ever global Year of the Nurse and Midwife, designed and promoted by World Health Organisation.

At the National Student Nurse Congress head quarters, lots has been happening. In the last few months we've been emailing and approaching lots of people to bring together a fantastic day for you all. We are just finallising the programme for the event and soon this will be published so watch this space.

For the mean time, we are pleased to announced that out Keynote Speakers has been confirmed:

Professor Mark Radford - Chief Nurse at Health Education England and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (England)
Professor Jane Cummings - Chair of RCN Foundation
David Atherton - International Health Adviser for VSOf and Great British Bake-Off Winner 2019

We've had a good number of nominations for the National Student Nurse Congress Award, keep them rolling in, we are very excited to start shortlisting. Deadline for submission is 31st January 2020.

Registration will be live from the end of January, we will keep everyone posted!