Awareness-raising events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.

From the moment a new life begins, to saying goodbye to a loved one, and all the stages in between, the RCN wants to celebrate the remarkable difference nursing makes. International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

Health professionals are being encouraged to think about death and end of life care. The coalition's role is to support changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards dying, death and bereavement.

Each year the Mental Health Foundation uses this week in the calendar to work with people and organisations across the UK to help raise awareness of important public mental health issues which are often neglected. Previous years have seen innovative campaigns raising awareness of topics such as ‘Fear and Anxiety’, ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Sleep.’