List of nursing organisations in the United Kingdom explained

This alphabetical list focuses on nursing organisations whose activities relate to nursing as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the United Kingdom. It covers specialist associations, charities, professional organisations, regulators and support groups. At the end there is a list of historic nursing organisations. This list is based on the British Library UK Web Archive Nursing Collection^[1]

This list does not include any of the 80+ providers of nursing education courses, these can be searched via UCAS.^[2] Neither does it include NHS nursing departments or directorates.

Dental nurses, nursery nurses and veterinary nurses are not regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and are therefore not included in this list.

A-E

• Anaemia Nurse Specialist Association (ANSA)^[3]
• Association of British Paediatric Nurses (ABPN) (1938-)^[4]
• Association Of Catholic Nurses England and Wales formerly Catholic Nurses Guild (^[5]
• Association of Chief Children’s Nurses (ACCN) (c.1991-)^[6]
• Association of District Nurse and Community Nurse Educators (ADNE)^[7]
• Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC)^[8]
• Association of Nephrology Nurses (UK) (ANN-UK) (2018-)^[9]
• Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS) (1997-)^[10]
• Association Of South African Nurses In The United Kingdom (ASANUK)^[11]
• Association of Spanish Nurses and Healthcare Workers Isabel Zenda (ASNH Isabel Zendal)(2021-)^[12]
• BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)(1985-)^[13]
• British Adult Congenital Cardiac Nurse Association (BACCNA)(2007-)^[14]
• British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association UK (BANMA)(2023-)^[15]
• British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC)(1999-)^[16]
• British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) (1985-)
• British Association of Neuroscience Nurses (BANN) (1971-)^[17]
• British Association of Urological Nurses (BAUN) (1992-)^[18]
• British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG) (1989-)^[19]
• British Indian Nurses Association (BINA UK) (2020-)^[20]
• British Liver Nurses' Association (BLNA) (2017-)^[21]
• British Sikh Nurses (2016-)^[22]
• Burdett Trust for Nursing (BTFN) (2002-)^[23]
• Cameroon Nurses And Midwives Association UK (2005-)^[24]
• Caribbean Nurses and Midwives Association (UK) (CNMA) (2021-) ^[25]
• Cavell Nurses' Trust (1917-) formerly known as NurseAid ^[26]
• Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation (CNMF) (1973-)^[27]
• Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association (CCNA) (previously called Paediatric Cardiac Nurses Association (PCNA)) (1991-)^[28]
• Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N)(2003-)^[29]
• Equality 4 Black Nurses (2020-)^[30]

F-L

• Filipino UK Nurses Community (2020-)^[31]
• First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) (1907-)^[32]
• Florence Nightingale Foundation (1934-)^[33]
• Florence Nightingale Museum (c.1982-)^[34]
• Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) (1995-) (registered in the UK)^[35]
• Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) (c.2011-)^[36]
• Genito-urinary Nurses Association (GUNA) (c.2006-c.2013)
• Ghana Nurses Association (GNA) (1993-) in UK)^[37]
• Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland (IFON-S) (1995-)^[38]
• International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) UK and Ireland Chapter (2017-) ^[39]
• International Ophthalmic Nurses Association (IONA)(c.2018-)^[40] primarily active in the UK
• International Network of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses [founded and run by UK nurses]^[41]
• Kenyan Nurses And Midwives Association UK (KENMA UK)(2021-)^[42]
• King's College Hospital Nurses' League (1924-)^[43]
• London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group (LNNM) (1996-)^[44]
• Lung Cancer Nursing UK (LCNUK formerly NLCFN) (1999-)^[45]

M-S

• Marie Curie (charity) aka Marie Curie Hospice primarily associated with nursing (1948-)^[46]
• Mary Seacole Trust, The (2004-)^[47]
• Mental Health Nurses Academics UK (MHNAUK) (2003-)^[48]
• National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA) (1998-)^[49]
• National Major Trauma Nursing Group (c.2016) ^[50]
• National Network of Learning Disability Nursing (NNLDN) aka National Learning Disability Nurses’ Forum (NLDNF) (c.1990-)^[51]
• Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA)(1997-)^[52]
• Nepalese Nursing Association UK (NNAUK) (2008-)^[53]
• NeuroDiverse Nurses in the UK (2020-)^[54]
• Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK (NNCAUK) (1998-)^[55]
• Norfolk and Norwich Old Nurses' League (1930-)^[56]
• Nurses Association of Jamaica (UK)(NAJUK)^[57]
• Nurses United (c.2019-)^[58]
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002-)^[59]
• Parish Nursing Ministries UK (2005-)^[60]
• Philippine Nurses Association of United Kingdom | Filipino Nurses in the UK (FNA-UK) (2020-)^[61]
• Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) Nurse Managers group (c.2016-)^[62]
• Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) (1921-)
• Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Association (PMRAFNSA) (1992-)^[63]
• Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) (1881-)^[64]
• Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) (1887-)^[65]
• Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) (1889-)^[66]
• Rare Disease Nurse Network (UK)(c.2018-)^[67]
• Retired Caribbean Nurses Association (2014-)^[68]
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) (1916-)^[69]
• Royal College of Nursing Foundation (RCNF) (2010-)^[70]
• Royal London Hospital League of Nurses (RLHLN) (1931-) ^[71]
• School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA) (2006-)^[72]

T-Z

• Tibetan Nurses Group UK^[73]
• United Kingdom Association for the History of Nursing (UKAHN) (c.2000-) ^[74]
• United Kingdom Association of Forensic Nurses & Paramedics (UKAFN) (2004-) ^[75]
• United Kingdom Critical Care Nursing Alliance (UKCCNA) (2013-) ^[76]
• United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) (2005-) ^[77]
• WeCommunity (aka We Nurses) (2012-) ^[78]
• Windrush Nurses and Beyond Foundation (2011-) ^[79]
• Worshipful Company of Nurses, The (2016-)^[80]
• Zimbabwean Midwifery & Nurses Association (ZiMNA-UK) (c.2021-) ^[81]

Historic nursing organisations

• British College of Nurses (1926-1956)^[82]
• Community of St. John the Divine (CSJD) (1848-), registered nursing activity ceased c.1978^[83]
• Fever Nurses Association (1908-1933)^[84]
• General Nursing Council (GNC) (1919-1983)^[85]
• Guild of St Barnabas an association for Anglican nurses (1876-2012)^[86]
• League of Royal Free Hospital Nurses (c.1910-2021) ^[87]
• Leeds Infirmary Nurses' League (1925-)
• London Association of Mental Health Nursing Practice (LAMP) (2013-c.2019)^[88]
• Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland (1894 -c.1955)^[89]
• Midwives Ethiopia (c.2012-c.2019)^[90]
• National Nurses Association (1937-?)
• Royal British Nurses' Association (RBNA) (1887- 2020)^[91]
• Spiral Health CIC (2012-2019)
• United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) (1983-2002)^{[92] [93]}
• Voluntary Aid Detachment (VADs) (1909-1918)(1939-1945)^[94]
• Workhouse Infirmary Nursing Association (1879-fl.1903)^[95]

See also

• Nursing in the United Kingdom

Notes and References

1. Web site: UK Web Archive . 14 September 2023 . British Library.
2. Web site: Nursing . 17 January 2024 . UCAS.
3. Web site: Anaemia Nurse. . 1 October 2023.
4. Web site: ABPN . 17 January 2024 . Association of British Paediatric Nurses.
5. Web site: ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC NURSES England and Wales . 2024-04-03 . www.catholicnurses.org.uk.
6. Web site: Association of Chief Children's Nurses . 22 January 2024 . ACCN.
7. Web site: Association of District Nurse & Community Nurse Educators . 22 January 2024 . ADNE.
8. Web site: AGNC . 22 January 2024 . Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors.
9. Web site: ANN-UK . 22 January 2024 . Association of Nephrology Nurses (UK).
10. Web site: ARNS . 22 January 2024 . The Association of Respiratory Nurses.
11. Web site: ASANUK . 22 January 2024 . Association Of South African Nurses In The United Kingdom.
12. Web site: ASNH Isabel Zendal . 22 January 2024 . The Spanish Nursing Association.
13. Web site: BACCN . 24 January 2024 . British Association of Critical Care Nurses.
14. Web site: BACCNA . 24 January 2024 . British Adult Congenital Cardiac Nurse Association.
15. Web site: BANMA . 24 January 2024 . British Arab Nursing & Midwifery Association.
16. Web site: BANCC . 24 January 2024 . British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care.
17. Web site: BANN . 24 January 2024 . British Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
18. Web site: BAUN . 15 January 2023 . British Association of Urological Nurses.
19. Web site: BDNG . 24 January 2024 . British Dermatological Nursing Group.
20. Web site: BINAUK . 24 January 2024 . British Indian Nurses Association.
21. Web site: BASL . 24 January 2024 . British Liver Nurses' Association.
22. Web site: Sikh Nurses . 24 January 2024 . British Sikh Nurses.
23. Web site: BTFN . 24 January 2024 . Burdett Trust for Nursing.
24. Web site: camnursesuk . 29 January 2024 . Cameroon Nurses Association UK.
25. Web site: CNMA . 29 January 2024 . Caribbean Nurses & Midwives Association UK.
26. Web site: Cavell Trust . 15 January 2024 . Cavell Trust.
27. Web site: commonwealthnurses . Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation.
28. Web site: CCNA . 31 January 2024 . Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association.
29. Web site: CC3N . 31 January 2024 . Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum.
30. Web site: Equality 4 Black Nurses . 31 January 2024 . Equality 4 Black Nurses.
31. Web site: Filipino UK Nurse . 31 January 2024 . Filipino UK Nurses Community.
32. Web site: FANY . 31 January 2024 . The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
33. Web site: Florence Nightingale Foundation . 17 January 2024 . Florence Nightingale Foundation.
34. Web site: Florence Nightingale . 31 January 2024 . Florence Nightingale Museum.
35. Web site: FEND . 31 January 2024 . Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes.
36. Web site: FONS . 31 January 2024 . Foundation of Nursing Studies.
37. Web site: GNA-UK . 31 January 2024 . Ghana Nurses Association (UK).
38. Web site: IFON Scotland . 31 January 2024 . Independent Federation of Nursing.
39. Web site: ifnaukandireland . 31 January 2024 . International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) - UK and Ireland Chapter.
40. Web site: ionalive . 31 January 2024 . International Ophthalmic Nurses Association.
41. Web site: Home . 2024-05-15 . SCI Nurse . en-US.
42. Web site: kenmauk . 31 January 2024 . Kenyan Nurses And Midwives Association UK.
43. Web site: kch-nursesleague . 31 January 2024 . King's College Hospital Nurses' League.
44. Web site: LNNM . 31 January 2024 . London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group.
45. Web site: lcnuk . 31 January 2024 . Lung Cancer Nursing UK.
46. Web site: mariecurie . 31 January 2024 . Marie Curie.
47. Web site: maryseacoletrust . 31 January 2024 . Mary Seacole Trust.
48. Web site: mhnauk . 31 January 2024 . Mental Health Nurse Academics UK.
49. Web site: nhivna . 31 January 2024 . National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA).
50. Web site: nmtng . 31 January 2024 . National Major Trauma Nursing Group..
51. Web site: National Learning Disability Nurse Forum . 17 January 2024.
52. Web site: NNA . 31 January 2024 . Neonatal Nurses Association.
53. Web site: nnauk . 1 February 2024 . Nepalese Nursing Association UK.
54. Web site: nd nurses uk . 1 February 2024 . NeuroDiverse Nurses in the UK.
55. Web site: nncauk . 1 February 2024 . Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK.
56. Web site: nnuhnursesleague . 1 February 2024 . Norfolk and Norwich Old Nurses' League.
57. Web site: NAJ UK . 1 February 2024 . Nurses Association of Jamaica (UK).
58. Web site: Nurses United . 1 February 2024 . Nurses United.
59. Web site: NMC . 1 February 2024 . Nursing and Midwifery Council.
60. Web site: Parish Nursing . 1 February 2024 . Parish Nursing Ministries UK.
61. Web site: FNAUK . 1 February 2024 . Filipino Nurses Association United Kingdom.
62. Web site: PCCS Nurse Managers group . 1 February 2024 . PCCS Nurse Managers group.
63. Web site: Welcome To Our Association. Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Association.
64. Web site: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps . 1 February 2024 . QARANC.
65. Web site: QNI . 1 February 2024 . Queen's Nursing Institute.
66. Web site: QNIS . 1 February 2024 . Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland.
67. Web site: RDNN . 1 February 2024 . Rare Disease Nurse Network (UK).
68. Web site: Retired Caribbean Nurses . 1 February 2024 . Retired Caribbean Nurses Association.
69. Web site: RCN . 1 February 2024 . Royal College of Nursing.
70. Web site: RCNF . 1 February 2024 . RCN Foundation.
71. Web site: RLHL . 1 February 2024 . Royal London Hospital League of Nurses.
72. Web site: SAPHNA . 1 February 2024 . School and Public Health Nurses Association.
73. Web site: UK Tibetan Nurses . 3 April 2024 . Twitter.
74. Web site: UK Association for the History of Nursing – The site for UK Association for the History of Nursing . 2024-02-01 . en-GB.
75. Web site: 2023-12-22 . UKAFN.org – The UK Association of Forensic Nurses & Paramedics . 2024-02-01 . en-US.
76. Web site: UKCCNA . 2024-02-01 . UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance.
77. Web site: Home - . 2024-02-01 . UKONS Oncology Nursing Society . en.
78. Web site: We Communities . 2024-02-01 . www.wecommunities.org.
79. Web site: HOME . 2024-02-01 . windrushnurses . en.
80. Web site: Company Of Nurses . 31 January 2024 . Worshipful Company of Nurses.
81. Web site: ZIMNA_UK . 1 February 2024 . Zimbabwean Midwifery & Nurses Association.
82. Web site: Royal British Nurses Association archives . King's College Archive Catalogue.
83. Web site: History . 15 January 2024 . CSJ Divine.
84. July 1934 . Nurses' Organisations . The Nursing Record . 82 . 1992 . RCN, Historical Nursing Journals, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.
85. Web site: Records of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales . 17 January 2024 . The National Archives Catalogue.
86. Web site: CalmView: Overview . 2024-04-03 . archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk.
87. Web site: leagueofroyalfreenurses . 31 January 2024 . The League of Royal Free Hospital Nurses.
88. Web site: LAMP . 31 January 2024 . London Association of Mental Health Nursing Practice.
89. 21 January 1955 . The Founding of the Royal College of Nursing . Nursing Times (London, England) . 51 . RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.
90. Web site: midwives-ethiopia . 24 January 2019 . Midwives-Ethiopia-UK.
91. Web site: ROYAL BRITISH NURSES' ASSOCIATION - King's Collections / Archive Catalogues . 2024-02-01 . archives.kingscollections.org.
92. Web site: Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 . 17 January 2024 . Legislation UK.
93. Web site: The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 . 17 January 2024 . Legislation UK.
94. Web site: First World War volunteers . 2024-02-01 . British Red Cross . en.
95. Book: R.V. Gill, Secretary, Workhouse Infirmary Nursing Association to H.B.C. She is glad he can come to the Conference. Lady Wantage will send him some papers. . 1903-06-10 . English.