Steph Lawrence: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Queen's Nursing Institute; nurse with over 37 years of experience, including 22 years in community nursing
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism, NHS & care workforce/staffing, GP access, Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 18
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“'Once again, we are seeing a worrying reduction in some of the most critical areas of community nursing. Learning disability nurses and specialist community nurses are central to delivering proactive, preventative care and supporting people with complex needs close to home. Unless this trend is reversed through sustained workforce investment, we will struggle to deliver the long-promised shift of care from hospital to community settings.'”
What Steph Lawrence has said
“The QICN welcomes the positive messages about community nursing and the planned meeting in January with the minister will be an opportunity to further highlight the issues”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 30 Sept 2026 · Government committed to ‘strengthening’ community nursing workforce ↗
“hoped the QICN could support the government 'around the community nursing preceptorship and development pathways for community nursing'”
Chief executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · GP access · 30 Sept 2026 · National preceptorship reforms to include nurses in general practice ↗
“At the QICN, we are committed to ensuring that community nurses in every field feel supported, valued, and empowered to lead change. The launch of the Community Learning Disability Nursing Network reflects our dedication to raising the profile of this essential workforce and ensuring they have access to the resources, connections and professional development opportunities they need to deliver high-quality care.”
Chief executive of QICN · Learning disability & autism · 30 Sept 2026 · New learning disability nursing network launched by QICN ↗
“This is an exciting time for community services and having recently retired from my role as chief nurse for a community trust [I] feel I have a lot to offer for what the future for community nursing in its widest sense could look like. If we are to truly realise that shift from hospital to community funding and resource must follow.”
Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Queen's Nursing Institute; nurse with over 37 years of experience, including 22 years in community nursing · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · QNI appoints new nursing director and deputy chief executive ↗
“This is such an exciting time for community nursing, and I am excited to take on this role”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Nursing Institute, district nurse · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · QNI announces new chief executive ↗
“We're still seeing a reduction in district nurses and general practice nurses, and we've got to reverse that”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Community nurses ‘must be central’ in new neighbourhood health service ↗
“There will be 42 pilot sites – I cannot see any nursing leadership in how this will be managed and that is of huge concern.”
Chief Executive, Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from September ↗
“Congratulations to Cate and Edina on their new positions, which reflect the growing range and complexity of the QICN's operations.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Community nursing charity appoints new deputy chief exec ↗
“I don't think it tells a patient how good their local community service is, or their local mental health services are, in any way shape or form. I think we're measuring all the wrong things.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Community trusts ranked by ‘wrong things’ in new league tables ↗
“We now say this has to be seen by government as a critically urgent issue”
Chief executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Drop in district nursing workforce a ‘critically urgent issue’ ↗
“We have to ensure a more flexible approach if we are to retain a skilled and competent nursing workforce.”
Chief executive of the QICN · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Experienced community nurses forced down to lower-paid roles ↗
“This is deeply concerning and will once again impact on community nurses and other clinicians. I would suggest this needs an urgent rethink – this may well be the tipping point for some community nurses, struggling due to workload and now having their mileage rate reduced when actually a lot of staff who do excess miles end up paying to go to work.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · NHS mileage allowance cuts to go ahead despite nurse opposition ↗
“Community children's nurses are central to delivering compassionate, joined-up care for children and families in their own homes and communities. The launch of the Community Children's Nurse Faculty is an important step in recognising their expertise, amplifying their voice, and ensuring their experience helps shape policy, education, and practice at a national level.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Landmark initiative to strengthen voice of community children’s nurses ↗
“We are delighted to launch the district nursing faculty, which will support and empower district nurses to lead, innovate, and influence in their communities. The network complements this work by providing a space for connection, knowledge-sharing, and professional support across the UK.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · New faculty and network launched to boost district nursing ↗
“We are delighted to launch the Community Mental Health Nursing Network. The Community Mental Health Nursing Faculty empowers nurses to lead, innovate, and influence in their communities.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · New network launched to support community mental health nurses ↗
“I remain committed to supporting the development of our nursing workforce and ensuring that community nursing continues to thrive”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Community nurse leader recognised by Yorkshire university ↗
“Ms Lawrence's previous roles include chief nurse at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and national professional adviser for community services at the Care Quality Commission.”
Chief Executive of the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · District nursing leader receives honorary doctorate ↗
Where Steph Lawrence has been quoted
- Learning disability nurse workforce declines again, NMC data showsnursinginpractice.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Government committed to ‘strengthening’ community nursing workforcenursinginpractice.com · 30 Sept 2026
- National preceptorship reforms to include nurses in general practicenursinginpractice.com · 30 Sept 2026
- New learning disability nursing network launched by QICNnursinginpractice.com · 30 Sept 2026
- QNI appoints new nursing director and deputy chief executivenursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- QNI announces new chief executivenursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Community nurses ‘must be central’ in new neighbourhood health servicenursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from Septembernursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Community nursing charity appoints new deputy chief execnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Community trusts ranked by ‘wrong things’ in new league tablesnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Drop in district nursing workforce a ‘critically urgent issue’nursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Experienced community nurses forced down to lower-paid rolesnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- NHS mileage allowance cuts to go ahead despite nurse oppositionnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Landmark initiative to strengthen voice of community children’s nursesnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- New faculty and network launched to boost district nursingnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- New network launched to support community mental health nursesnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Community nurse leader recognised by Yorkshire universitynursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- District nursing leader receives honorary doctoratenursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
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