Royal District Nursing Service (South Australia)

RDNS
Company typeCharity
IndustryNursing/Healthcare
Founded1894
HeadquartersKeswick, South Australia,
Adelaide
,
Australia
Websitewww.silverchain.org.au/sa/

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. It has progressed through a series of iterations:

It was established in 1894 in South Australia as the District Trained Nursing Society (DTNS).
In 1937 District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia
In 1965 Royal District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia
In 1973 Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia.
In 1993 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.