Canford Healthcare quality & compliance manager, Amanda Rae, has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse by the Queen’s Nursing Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to nursing over the last 27 years.

Rae follows operations manager Caron Sanders-Crook in becoming the second senior manager at Canford Healthcare to be awarded the prestigious title.

She said: “Becoming a Queen’s Nurse is an amazing honour in recognition of my contribution to nursing. I am so pleased and proud to have been recognised. I also feel honoured to be a part of such an inspiring and innovative community.”

The QNI is the UK’s oldest professional nursing organisation, and possibly also the oldest nursing charity in the world. It awards the honorary title of Queen’s Nurse to registered nurses and specialist community public health nurses who demonstrate a high-level commitment to patient-centred values and to improving nursing practice. Individual candidates are assessed by a panel on the evidence in their application and feedback provided by their managers and patients.

Rae added: “I am passionate about great care and doing the right thing for the right reasons. My approach is to lead by example and never ask anyone to do anything that I am not prepared to do myself. I feel that there are very rarely bad people, but there may be a bad policy, process or procedure that needs review. With every problem there is room for a solution, and with every challenge there is an opportunity waiting to be taken.

“To me, it’s an honour and a privilege to assist people – in their own home or in residential/nursing care – to live their best life in their preferred way.”