Nursing Support Workers' Day
Celebrate with us
Every year on 23 November, we celebrate the vital contribution nursing support workers make to patients in health and social care.
Nursing support workers are the bedrock of our wards, clinics and community teams. The term ’nursing support worker’ encompasses hundreds of different job titles and roles, including health care support workers, assistant practitioners, nursing associates and health care assistants.
They work independently, alongside registered nurses and as part of wider multidisciplinary teams in all health and social care settings.
Nursing support workers have a critical role to play in delivering high quality care and excellent outcomes for patients, however their vital contribution can often go unnoticed. Nursing Support Workers' Day is about shining a light on their roles and their skills and to say thank you for the essential care they give every single day.
Nursing Support Workers’ Day 2024
This year, the theme for Nursing Support Workers’ Day will be the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion.
We will focus on two important aspects of inclusivity of nursing support workers:
- ‘Shining a light on’ the diversity of nursing support workers’ as individuals– whether that is age, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.
- 'Shining a light on’ the importance of inclusivity of nursing support workers within the nursing profession – whether that be through the breath of roles or settings they work in, or the importance of inclusive language to describe their contribution to nursing and patient care.
An important part of Nursing Support Workers’ Day is the video content we share – and we would love our nursing support worker members to feature as part of it. Find out how to get involved and send in your video contribution by Tuesday 22 October.
We'll soon be releasing more details about Nursing Support Workers' Day 2024 — so keep an eye out!
Nursing Support Workers' Day film
Last year, we shared this film on social media to help us shine a light on nursing support workers across the UK.
