The RCN Foundation Impact Awards are held annually to celebrate and recognise excellence in nursing and midwifery throughout the country, in particular the exceptional work undertaken throughout the healthcare system.
At a ceremony in London, Fartun Ali, who is a Staff Nurse at the John Howard Centre, won the RCN Foundation’s Margaret Parkinson Into Nursing grant for her outstanding achievement in pre-registration student nursing and midwifery.
The award was presented by Dame Ruth May, who is the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England and renowned comedian, Shaparak Khorsandi.
Fartun received the grant to support her with her studies, enabling her to spend time looking into various research areas for her MSc in Mental Health Nursing at City, University of London while putting her learnings into action at ELFT.
Speaking about her win, Fartun Ali said: “I’m really proud to have been presented with an RCN Foundation Impact Award. This is something I would not have been able to achieve without the guidance from my brilliant colleagues.
“I believe the grant, along with the learnings from my studies and support from staff have made me become a more confidence nurse, which I hope to bring to the healthcare profession in the future.”
To view the full list of Impact Award winners, visit the RCN Foundation’s website.