About us
The Queen’s Nursing Institute is a registered charity dedicated to improving the nursing care of people in their own homes. 
We trained district nurses until the 1960s, in a model that was copied across the world. This model of care was instrumental in developing a comprehensive, highly-skilled service in the UK that meets the needs of millions of people every year.
Today we improve nursing in the home by:
- developing Queen's Nurses who are committed to high standards of care in the community, helping them to make improvements in practice and to act as leaders and role models to others.
- influencing policies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that affect healthcare in the home and the quality of community nursing services
- funding projects led by community nurses that improve care for their patients
Our vision:
We want excellent nursing care in the home for everyone who needs it there, provided by nurses and their teams who have specific skills and knowledge to work in the home.
Our report '2020 Vision- focusing on the future of district nursing' (published 2009) sets out our view when many more people are treated at home, technology is exploited to the full to help deliver care and maintain independence, and the relationship between the individual, their family or carers and the nurse is key to building the trust and confidence people need to remain at home as long as possible.
We believe that good community nursing is the answer to the sustainability of services facing the challenge of an ageing population and the increasing need for healthcare at home.
For more information contact Rosemary Cook CBE, Director (rosemary.cook@qni.org.uk) or Matthew Bradby, Marketing and Communications Manager (matthew.bradby@qni.org.uk).
