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If you would like to donate to the Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation Grant, please email fundraising@rcnfoundation.org.uk

Regarding the Nurse Amin Abdullah Award scheme – Mr Amin was an award-winning nurse at Charing Cross Hospital, London, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. In February 2016, after going through an unfair “kangaroo court” dismissal process, he burned himself to death outside Kensington Palace. A subsequent independent inquiry resulted in apologies from the trust and major changes to disciplinary procedures across the NHS. In collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing Foundation, Mr Amin’s partner, Terry Skitmore, and I have set up a Nurse Amin Abdullah Award scheme to reward those nurses in the UK who do the most to promote staff wellbeing in the workplace. We donated £10,000 to fund the scheme for 10 years. The award is worth £1,000, and is funded initially for 15 years, thanks to a further £5,000 donation from Nathan Illman, who has set up a nurse wellbeing mission. 

Professor Kapur and Amin’s partner presented the first Amin Abdullah nursing award at the May 9, 2024 Royal College of Nursing Foundation award ceremony. Also present in the picture is the award winner, Mei Chen. Next to Professor Kapur is Amin’s partner, Terry Skitmore, and on the far right is Reverend Richard Coles, who was compere for the evening.