Future Nurse Notes LIVE!

We’ve got a jam-packed show for you again this month, taking another look at Virtual Nursing, this time with news of the first exciting UK pilot that's been putting futuristic consoles into ward rooms to bring virtual nurses to patient’s bedsides. And we re-open the case file on digital meds management, it's got the potential to be one of the most impactful innovations for nursing, so we’ve launch...

It's our favourite day of the year - we’re celebrating nurses who lead innovation and are joined by a surgical nurse and nurse researcher who’s breaking new ground in the field of virtual reality and pain management. We’re also looking at how AI tools can help your day-to-day work tasks, with top tips and words of encouragement for nurses and nurse leaders from a deputy Chief Nurse who’s an AI eva...

This month we’re delving even further into the world of virtual nursing. It sounds like a catch-all phrase, right-up there with “virtual wards”, but it's really about a very specific new approach to nursing practice that has swept the US and is now arriving in the UK – we hear from the founder of the Virtual Nursing Academy. We’re also catching up on the latest developments with agentic AI for wea...

We’re talking virtual nursing - and with all the current emphasis on workforce transformation there’s never been a better time, so what actually is it and what does it mean for you? We’re also looking into new research that shows numbers of remote consultations dropping since their hight during the COVID pandemic – so can we, or should we, encourage this impactful innovation to stick better? Hear...

Hear more about Future Nurse’s fast-growing Special Interest Group for ambient voice technology in nursing, exploring the products that listen whilst you work to help release time with follow-up tasks. The group is helping nurses embrace these innovations safely, and with one much anticipated webinar already delivered, the founder team explains what’s coming next. We also find out about an award-n...

We kick start 2026 with a visit from two superstar nurse leaders, to talk about the themes of compassionate leadership and person-centred care in the context of digital nursing change.  Natasha’s also been discussing the emergence of a new era for sustainable wearables in health, and catching-up on exciting news about Amazon’s new “agentic” AI offer for health, which promises patients lifelik...

With the launch of Microsoft’s ambient AI for nursing offer – we’re asking what AVT means for nurses.  Will we all be walking the wards wearing microphones soon? Will there be an Alexa at every bedside helping us get admin done?  Find out more about our upcoming webinar that will deep dive into these questions and more.  And with the new year just around the corner, Natasha is refle...

In November’s episode we’re calling all nurse innovators and finding out about the support you could get from the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme which is currently open for applicants.  We’re also discovering where genomics meets digital and asking nurse leader and genomics specialist Tracie Miles about her journey as a nurse innovator.  As always, Natasha has loads of dates for you...

How far along are we with the big shift from hospital to community?  We ask CNIOs from each of the two settings.  And we find out more about the WHO’s workforce optimisation plan and their call for case studies on exemplar innovation projects to help you make your submissions. We have loads of dates for your diary, and you’ve probably heard about Ambient Voice Technology, but we’re findi...

Supporting innovative nurses in bringing their ideas to life is key to the Future Nurse mission, in this month’s episode we find out about innovation incubators, accelerators and funding that can support nurses and midwives who have great digital innovation ideas.  We also explain how you can get involved in shaping the forthcoming Professional Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery in England as...

We’re addressing two of the hottest topics in nurse tech this month – safely deploying ambient AI technology in nursing and trialling live language translation tech in out-of-hospital settings.  Natasha finds out how one NHS acute Trust is revolutionising the way documentation is created in outpatients, with listening technology that’s saving staff hours in admin time.  And we meet the A...

Find out how nurses are pursuing their interest in digital change to make it a part of their career path, hear how university courses are helping student nurses think more digitally from the outset, and learn more about the role of Chief Nursing Information Officer which is much more than the job-title suggests.  Future Nurse’s Becky Ashworth meets digital nurses and educators from the North...

Joined by nurse Matthew Wynne, author of “The Nightingale Effect”, Natasha is preparing for this evening’s Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey, reflecting on how Florence is still very much relevant today and examining how she gives us confidence to drive our digital future.  We're also talking about digitising nurse guidance and education as Natasha launches an ex...

Natasha is joined by health tech industry colleagues from BT Health and Communities to discuss helping NHS staff be super cyber aware human firewalls and the CNIO from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust speaks about a trailblazing training programme to support its staff in making transformative change using the rich data set that’s been collected in the Trust.  Plus, there’s news abou...