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Local gatherings create new connections

10 October 2025

Local gatherings for retired Queen’s Nurses have taken place across Scotland over the past month, with additional events planned over Christmas and into the new year.

A colour image of a group of older adults smiling and seated and standing together. A wooden wall plaque with gold lettering saying Inverurie Academy Dux Medallists is behind them.

We are delighted to share with you some images from recent retired Queen’s Nurses gatherings in Inverness, Inverurie, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

These events, organised by QNIS, are an opportunity for friends and former colleagues to catch up, reminisce and make new connections.

Click here to find out more about the work we do to support retired Queen’s Nurses who qualified before 1969.

 A colour image of a group of older adults smiling and seated and standing together in a large room. Some of the group stand in a large doorway or arch. There are lamps and a picture on the rear wall and a chandelier visible. A colour image of a group of older adults smiling and seated and standing together. Five of the group hold framed certificates. There is a pale blue wall behind the group with a light at either side. A colour image of a group of older adults smiling and seated on each side of a long table. There are menus and pink cups and saucers on the table and a row of six spotlights on the wall. A plant and a large window are in the background. A colour image of three older adults smiling and seated around a dark wood table together. A colour image of a group of six older adults smiling and seated and standing together. There is red carpet on the floor and a large circular sign saying Galloway Lodge coffee shop on the wall behind.

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