International Family Nursing Association: UK & Ireland Chapter, Executive Member. (External organisation)

Description

UK and Ireland
UK (United Kingdom) and Ireland Chapter (2017)
Website: https://ifnaukandireland.org
Twitter handle: @IFNAUKIreland

The UK and Ireland Family Nursing Group constitute a unique national forum with responsibility for the promotion of family nursing and healthcare in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Purpose:
To promote, support, and transform family health in the UK and Ireland by:

Serving as a unifying force and voice for family nursing in the fields of Adult, Child, Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, and Midwifery
Generating and sharing knowledge, practices, and skills to enhance and nurture family nursing practice
Providing family nursing leadership through education, research, scholarship, socialization, and collegial exchange on all aspects of family nursing
Influencing policymakers and commissioning processes to promote family health in all levels of decision making
Showcasing current work on family nursing in the UK and Ireland and presenting it to a national and international audience
The group will:

Be relevant and open to people of all ages, genders, religious beliefs and ethnic origins
Focus on the importance of health and illness for families as a means of improving health for all
Acknowledge family structures as defined by the families themselves
Concentrate initially on family nursing but will later extend to other multidisciplinary groups to enhance the evidence base for family health and social care in the UK and Ireland

Period	2022 → …
Held at	International Family Nursing Association: UK & Ireland Chapter, Executive Member.
Degree of Recognition	National