Hywel Dda are delighted to announce that two of their nursing staff, Health Visitor Team Leader, Helen Furneaux and Senior Sister Paediatric Ambulatory Care, Sian Perry have both been accepted onto the prestigious Inspire Improvement programme run by the Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS).

Inspire Improvement is an exciting new programme, supported by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, which aims to develop a community of FoNS Improvement Fellows - clinical leaders with expertise in facilitating continuous improvement and culture change at the frontline of practice.

The programme is delivered over 12 months and enables Fellows to develop their skills as facilitators, explore and enable the use of effective strategies for creating person-centred workplace cultures and to promote/lead continuous improvement practices from within their teams. They will also refine their facilitation and problem solving skills, promote reflective practice and will share the outcomes of their learning across the organisation to help develop best practice.

Commenting on their achievement Mandy Rayani, Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience, said: “Helen and Sian were up against some pretty tough competition to be accepted onto the programme so we were delighted to hear that they had each been given a place. FoNS were looking for enthusiastic practitioners leading nursing and/or care teams at the frontline of clinical care who have a desire to create a more person centred, safe, caring and effective workplace cultures for patients/residents and staff and Helen and Sian fitted the profile perfectly.

“We look forward to them bringing back to workplace what they have learnt, sharing it with colleagues and ultimately introducing positive culture changes and processes of continuous improvement.”