The RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s award-winning Florence Nightingale Garden has been rebuilt at St Thomas’ Hospital to celebrate International Nurses’ Day.
The Trustees are keen to support innovative, nurse-led initiatives that will decrease hospitalisation and reduce morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease patients. All projects must be nurse-led and have the nursing contribution to healthcare at their core.
Jaya Mental Health, helping Nepalese nurses stay physically and mentally well during the Covid-19 crisis with funding from Burdett Trust.
The Bench focuses on the hugely under-funded, under-serviced issue of mental health by providing clinical care in a rural African community. Support from Burdett Trust has helped bring this grassroot idea to fruition with funding for a community bench, a part-time midwife and capacity to do research.
Changing minds and sharing knowledge in order to bridge the gap that exists between midwives and the local people of underserved communities thereby preventing maternal and child mortality and morbidity.
Treatment for pressure ulcers is extremely expensive with a total cost being £1.4-£2.1 billion per year and this accounts for 4% of the annual NHS budget. Funding from the Burdett Trust for Nursing, has granted Dr Liang Liu the ability to lead vital research into pressure ulcer prevention.
With increased confidence to lead and drive service improvement, participants cite The Inspiring Leadership Programme as the catalyst to them successfully obtaining more senior roles within palliative care.
A garden celebrating the nursing profession in the 21st century and inspired by the legacy of Florence Nightingale, will finally be unveiled at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on 20th September, with a re-imagined planting palette of late summer flowers and grasses.