I would like to congratulate the five Tasmanian Health Service nurses who have won financial grants towards further study through the Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards program.
The nurses received their awards today for professional dedication, leadership and innovation thereby ensuring a strong future for nursing in Tasmania.
The 2019 winners are:
Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards Patron, the Honourable Kate Warner, AC, presented the winners with their awards at a formal ceremony at Government House.
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale will be celebrated in 2020 and the World Health Organisation has made 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in her honour.
The International Council of Nurses has joined WHO in establishing the Nursing Now Campaign to raise the global status of nurses and midwives, and the profession’s contribution to improving global health.
The Florence Nightingale Grants were set up by the Returned Sisters Association in the 1950s to provide Tasmanian nurses with financial help for study and has awarded more than $500,000.
The grants are administered independently by a committee of senior Tasmanian nurses and midwives.
The Hodgman majority Liberal Government is focused on continuing to deliver our plan to build a better health system for all Tasmanians back by a record investment.