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List of nursing organisations in the United Kingdom

This alphabetical list focuses on nursing and midwifery 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, created in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing History of Nursing Forum.

This list does not include any of the 80+ providers of nursing education courses, these can be searched via UCAS. 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

  • Alliance of Senior Kerala Nurses (ASKeN) (c.2015-)
  • Anaemia Nurse Specialist Association (ANSA)
  • Association of British Paediatric Nurses (ABPN) (1938-)
  • Association Of Catholic Nurses England and Wales formerly Catholic Nurses Guild (1897-)
  • Association of Chief Children’s Nurses (ACCN) (c.1991-)
  • Association of District Nurse and Community Nurse Educators (ADNE)
  • Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC)
  • Association of Nephrology Nurses (UK) (ANN-UK) (2018-)
  • Association of Radical Midwives (ARM) (1976-)
  • Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS) (1997-)
  • Association of South Asian Midwives (ASAM) (2019-)
  • Association Of South African Nurses In The United Kingdom (ASANUK)
  • Association of Spanish Nurses and Healthcare Workers Isabel Zenda (ASNH Isabel Zendal)(2021-)
  • Association of Zambian Nurses in the United Kingdom (AZNUK) (2015-)
  • BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)(1985-)
  • British Adult Congenital Cardiac Nurse Association (BACCNA)(2007-)
  • British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association UK (BANMA)(2023-)
  • British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC)(1999-)
  • British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) (1985-)
  • British Association of Neuroscience Nurses (BANN) (1971-)
  • British Association of Urological Nurses (BAUN) (1992-)
  • British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG) (1989-)
  • British Indian Nurses Association (BINA UK) (2020-)
  • British Liver Nurses' Association (BLNA) (2017-)
  • British Sikh Nurses (2016-)
  • Burdett Trust for Nursing (BTFN) (2002-)
  • Cameroon Nurses And Midwives Association UK (2005-)
  • Caribbean Nurses and Midwives Association (UK) (CNMA) (2021-)
  • Cavell Nurses' Trust (1917-) formerly known as NurseAid
  • Christian Science Nursing Association (UK) (CSNA(UK))
  • College of Nursing see Royal College of Nursing
  • Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation (CNMF) (1973-)
  • Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association (CCNA) (previously called Paediatric Cardiac Nurses Association (PCNA)) (1991-)
  • Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N)(2003-)
  • Equality 4 Black Nurses (2020-)

F-L

  • Filipino Nurses Association UK (FANUK)(2020-)
  • Filipino UK Nurses Community (2020-)
  • First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) (1907-)
  • Florence Nightingale Fellowship (FNF) (1928-)
  • Florence Nightingale Foundation (1934-)
  • Florence Nightingale Museum (c.1982-)
  • Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) (1995-) (registered in the UK)
  • Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) (c.2011-)
  • Genito-urinary Nurses Association (GUNA) (c.2006-c.2013)
  • Ghana Nurses Association in UK (GNA) (1993-)
  • Hellenic British Midwives Association (HBMA) (2015-)
  • Hong Kong Nursing Association UK (HKNAUK) (c.2021-)
  • Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland (IFON-S) (1995-)
  • Independent Midwives UK (IMUK) (1985 -)
  • International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) UK and Ireland Chapter (2017-)
  • International Ophthalmic Nurses Association (IONA)(c.2018-) primarily active in the UK
  • International Network of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses [founded and run by UK nurses]
  • Ivorian Association for Health Promotion (IAHPUK) (c.2025-)
  • Kenyan Nurses And Midwives Association UK (KENMA UK)(2021-)
  • King's College Hospital Nurses' League (1924-)
  • London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group (LNNM) (1996-)
  • Lung Cancer Nursing UK (LCNUK formerly NLCFN) (1999-)

M-S

T-Z

  • Tibetan Nurses Group UK
  • Uganda Nurses and Midwives Association UK (UNMA-UK) (2020-)
  • Union of UK Malayalee Associations (UUKMA) Nurses Forum (2009-)
  • United Kingdom Association for the History of Nursing (UKAHN) (c.2000-)
  • United Kingdom Association of Forensic Nurses & Paramedics (UKAFN) (2004-)
  • United Kingdom Critical Care Nursing Alliance (UKCCNA) (2013-)
  • United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) (2005-)
  • WeCommunity (aka We Nurses) (2012-)
  • Windrush Nurses and Beyond Foundation (2011-)
  • Worshipful Company of Nurses, The (2016-)
  • Zimbabwean Midwifery & Nurses Association (ZiMNA-UK) (c.2021-)

Historic nursing organisations

See also

References