04 March 2025
Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 in NMPC
Looking ahead to International Women's Day this weekend, we're celebrating the incredible work of women around our Faculty from the last few months.
Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty honoured in New Year's Honours list
Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty CBE is a Professor of Nursing Policy at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. This January, she was nominated by the Prime Minister for a life Peerage within the House of Lords in the New Year’s Honours List.
Professor Lorna Fraser is Professor of Palliative Care and Child's Health in the Faculty. Her project will seek to improve care for children with life-limiting conditions. The number of children living with conditions that may shorten their lives is increasing, with children from minoritised ethnic groups and living in areas of high deprivation particularly affected.
Visiting Research Fellow wins Global Advancing Healthcare through Innovation Award
Dr Hellena Habte-Asres, a Visiting Research Fellow in the Faculty, developed a diabetes care model tailored for individuals with advanced kidney disease. She was awarded Health Icon’s Global Advancing Healthcare through Innovation Award.
Dr Siobhan O'Connor appointed as liaison to the United Nations
Dr Siobhan O'Connor, a Senior Lecturer in the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, was recently appointed as a liaison to the United Nations (UN) by Sigma Nursing, a global scholarly nursing association that aims to develop nursing leaders to improve healthcare globally.
Sam Bassett on her midwifery volunteering in Vietnam
Sam Bassett, is the Head of the Midwifery department in the Faculty. As well as teaching, research and department management, she takes time every year to volunteer for a charity in Vietnam that aims to reduce neonatal mortality. She tells us more about what a typical volunteering trip to Vietnam looks like, and how she fits it in with her work at King’s.
Saffi Nantwi wins Royal College of Nursing Rising Star Award 2024
Saffi Nantwi is a school nurse student of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) PGDip programme. She was recognised by the Royal College of Nursing for a programme of bespoke training that she developed for teachers on how to manage students who have asthma, including showing them how to manage an asthma attack in school.
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Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health
Head of Department, Midwifery and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Education
Professor of Nursing Policy