Influencing
QNIS works to influence legislation, policy making, and political debates that affect community nursing and midwifery in Scotland.
We work with politicians, civil servants, and other stakeholders to ensure a community nursing and midwifery perspective is incorporated into policy making at the heart of government.
In September, 2024, we held a reception sponsored by Carol Mochan MSP in the Scottish Parliament’s Garden. MSPs, health professionals, policymakers, nurses and midwives from across the country gathered to mark 135 years of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland, and the awarding of the Queen’s Nurse title to over 170 contemporary Queen’s Nurses. We were delighted to be joined by over 70 Queen’s Nurses from across Scotland.
Read our contribution to the independent think-tank Reform Scotland’s NHS 48 campaign: Transforming Healthcare - QNIS - NHS 2048
We submitted a response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s stage 1 examination of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, which you can read here.
We also sent out a briefing to MSPs ahead of the Stage 1 debate on the bill , which you can read here.
We shared our views with Miles Briggs MSP, who has proposed a proposal for a Members Bill to give people of all ages living with terminal illness and residing in Scotland a legal right to palliative care. You can read our submission here.