Our work
How we represent forum members
- Developing guidance documents for members spanning all clinical specialities within defence nursing services.
- Carrying out research.
- Working with other organisations to develop guidance and policy.
- Organising conferences and study events to share good practice.
- Providing an opportunity to network with other members working in defence nursing.
Our Charter
Our Strategy
- Providing an effective steering committee in order to represent forum members.
- Ensuring the voice of defence nursing is heard at all levels.
- Providing appropriate professional resources and study events to support professional development of nurses and HCAs working within the Armed Forces.
Defence Nursing Forum reports
Watch the Forums 2024 Year in Review video, launched at 快猫视频 Congress in May.
Leadership lessons from defence nursing
Defence nurses undergo leadership training and appointments throughout their careers. In this video defence nurses share insights from their deployed leadership experiences. Speakers include the Chief Nursing Officer for Defence, an additional Army, Navy and RAF nurse and an Army HCA.
Speakers share their leadership insights and advice which are applicable across all types of nursing practice, not just defence.
Watch the event
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Recent activity
- Defence Nursing Forum Steering Committee Strategy Day Meeting Notes 2024
- , 14 January 2021
- We presented at the Global Health Security Armed Forces Community Research International webinar on 14 November 2020
- , 13 November 2020
- , 17 September 2020. A copy of the presentation by Debra Ritsperis is also available
Page last updated - 08/07/2025
