Royal District Nursing Service (South Australia)
Nonprofit organization based in Adelaide, South Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) is a not-for-profit community health and care provider with headquarters in Keswick, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Company type | Charity |
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Industry | Nursing/Healthcare |
Founded | 1894 |
Headquarters | Keswick, South Australia, , |
Website | www |
It was established in 1894 in South Australia as the District Trained Nursing Society (DTNS). It was renamed the District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia in 1937; in 1965 it became the Royal District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia and in 1973 the Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia. In 1993 its name changed to Royal District Nursing Service of SA.
In 2011 the organisation merged with Silver Chain, and is now known as RDNS in South Australia and Silver Chain throughout the rest of Australia.