International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. 

All our team members play a valuable role in the care of our residents. However, this day was a great opportunity to say a special thank you to all our nurses and care teams for maintaining the high quality of care and nursing across all of our homes. Everyday they are making a difference to the lives our residents each and every day.

We are also proud to share the news that one of our nurses was chosen to represent nursing in care homes as part of a national campaign called Here for Life, launched by the Chief Nursing Officers of the UK and Ireland and the RCN Foundation . This campaign highlights the diversity of nursing roles and the important role they play in society. Thank you to Mauro Magbitang, Care Home Manager at Holywood Care Home in Belfast for being such a great role model.

You can see Mauro in the campaign by searching #Hereforlife on Facebook as well as many other of our Four Seasons Health Care Group nurses. They were all proud to share their stories and why they chose nursing in a care home setting.

You can see their stories in the video section of our news page too.