School of Nursing and Midwifery - Keele University

30/06/2026

🎉Join us in celebrating National Children's Nurses Day today (30th June 2026)🎉

'The skills of children’s nurses should be cherished, protected and celebrated. Their knowledge, skills and experience impact on children, young people and their families every day - we should be proud of the hard work and devotion it takes to be a children’s nurse, and the impact they have.'

Nathan Askew- Chair, Association of Chief Children’s Nurses (ACCN)

This film was made by the RCN Children and Young People Forums. To join a forum, visit: https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/forums. Thank you to staff and ch...

29/06/2026

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust held a celebration event for final year students last week. Coming to the end of a course that has nurtured, stretched and developed their knowledge, skills and competence to transition into Staff Nurse roles! Lydia, our fab Practice Quality Lead, was their to celebrate with them all. Huge thanks to the PEF team and RWH staff for this event and a huge congratulations and well done to our students 👏 🫶🎉

11/06/2026

Our 1st year SNA students have completed another module on their journey to becoming RNA's! The Medicines Management in NA Practice module led by the fabulous Laura, concluded with an MCQ exam. Smiles of relief post exam were evident from our Telford cohort! 👏 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Keele University

03/06/2026

🎉 Let's celebrate 42 years of Volunteers’ Week in the UK!

Join us in honouring the incredible contributions of volunteers who make our communities stronger every day, especially in health and social care 🎉

02/06/2026

A great morning spent at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust visiting our SNA and BSc Nursing students, being hosted by the fabulous PEF Team. Positive feedback from all students regarding how much they are learning from their placement areas 🫶👌

14/05/2026

🎉Dr Ivan McGlen and Dr Clare Corness- Parr hosted our 5th International Nurses' Day conference on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We had approx. 300 delegates from across the world attend on each day and some of our Post Graduate students on the ACP programme presented also. Dr Fiona Hibberts Deputy Chief Nurse (Operations) from University Hospitals of North Midlands was our keynote speaker 🎉

12/05/2026

Just a snapshot of our SNaM family; staff and current students nurses/NA's/ Midwives and those who are now working as NA's, Staff Nurses and Midwives in the NHS locally, nationally and those who are international! Happy International Nurses Day to you all 🫶

12/05/2026

Nursing is a global profession. A fact we are proud to celebrate today and every other day 🩷💙 https://youtu.be/ZLvm1yA0EzA?si=fKTiVMVCGxc-Ip8X 💚

Nursing staff don’t step back. They step in.In homes, hospitals, borders. Any time. Any place.Nursing never stops. Join us today to recognise and celebrate ...

12/05/2026

To all our students and staff, we are proud of the people you are and the work that you do 💙🩷

11/05/2026

💜 This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, focusing on the theme 'Action'. Please access this link by The Mental Health Foundation that encourages practical steps to support good mental health, reduce stigma and create lasting change for individuals and communities 💙 https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week 💚

This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re asking people to join us in taking action to support good mental health.