Recommended reading: forward looking view about archives of science.
Content pertinent to many subjects.

iHV highlights the importance of health visiting at Parliamentary early years event - IHV The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) welcomed the opportunity to champion the role of health visiting in giving every child the best start in life at a Parliamentary event on Wednesday 15 April, hel...

The shortage of health visitors is headline news today.
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The nurses who left Ireland to work for the NHS | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing A leap into the unknown led to lifelong careers in the NHS for thousands of Irish nurses

Respect and remember the contribution of Irish nurses to health care in the UK, pre and post the National Health Service.
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Today, the 1926 Census in Ireland becomes available online:
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Thanks for marking this anniversary annd sharing one of our research articles.

Special Issue: Doctoral Education in Nursing: Journal of Advanced Nursing: Vol 82, No 5 Click on the title to browse this issue

Free to read, special issue about Doctoral Education in Nursing.
Includes 'A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Trends (1971–2024)'.
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Pertinent for everyone: You Mean the World exhibition 'explores the past, present and future of nursing in the face of the climate crisis' for #WorldHealthDay.

Elizabeth Fawcett Ross 1867-1950: The first Supervisor of Midwives in Nottinghamshire In 1905, Elizabeth Fawcett Ross was appointed as the first Supervisor of Midwives in Nottinghamshire. Pauline Woodhouse outlines her achievement and contribution to the development of the nursing a…

Respect: Elizabeth Fawcett Ross, the first supervisor of Midwives in Nottinghamshire.

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Five fascinating research strands about motherhood:

Reminds of another pioneer, Mother Mary Philip

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Minnie Drakard 1867–1941: infection prevention nursing pioneer Starting out as a Sister on a Typhoid ward at Nottingham General Hospital, Minnie Drakard went on to have a distinguished career as Matron at Plaistow Fever Hospital and she had a lifelong commitme…

Remembering Minnie Drakard, a pioneer of infection prevention, when infectious diseases are in the headlines (Covid-19 and meningitis).
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Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds | Royal College of Nursing Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds

Congratulations: an undergraduate nursing degree designed to survive active conflict.
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Thursday 19 March is another important date. Report of Module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is expected. This module investigated the impact that the pandemic had on healthcare systems, patients and health care workers.

Contemporary history: long covid. A date for the diary.

#OverseasNHSWorkForceDay
Thank-you for all you do across health ans social care, everyday

The 'Moved to Care' exhibition opening tomorrow at RCN HQ, in London
5 March – 2 September 2026, free to visit during library opening hours. Then at RCN Scotland in Edinburgh, October 2026 – March 2027

An intriguing letter: wartime correspondence between Sister Greig and Lance Corporal Chandler Sister Greig, who nursed at a Nottingham Red Cross Hospital during the First World War, received a letter in 1917 from Lance Corporal Chandler, a former patient. This article uncovers their identit…

An intriguing letter between a soldier and nurse in World War 1. What happened next? #HistNursing
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Important thread with recommended reading about the 'health' of women and children.

Nottinghamshire Nursing History Group Visit the post for more.

Mental Health Nurses’ Day 2026 was on Saturday, 21 February.
Use the new search facility on our website to learn about mental health nurses in Nottinghamshire.
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Thanks for honouring an eminent nurse born in north Nottinghamshire: Henrietta Hannah.

Did the Nurses Registration Act of 1919 achieve its aim of public protection? In acknowledgement of the centenary of the opening of the Nurse Register on 30 September 1921, this blog explores the history of the campaign for nurse registration led by Ethel Gordon Fenwick and …

There's a memorial bench for Ethel Gordon Fenwick at St Helena’s Church, Thoroton.
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Any landmarks in Nottinghamshire for #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience

Pride in recent @rcn.org.uk history

On this day: sculptor Joseph Else

Thanks, that's very generous.

A date for the diary: nursing cartoons 18th February

Marian Bannister (1879 – 1970) Marian Bannister was born in Beeston and trained as a nurse in Nottingham and Sheffield. Jill Oakland, who has researched Bannister’s life, outlines her career which spans two World Wars and the ho…

Remember Marian Bannister was awarded a Red Cross Medal for her service in World War I.
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The British Red Cross Society - Archives sector We hear from the British Red Cross Museum and Archives team about their experience of becoming an accredited archive service.

Information about the British Red Cross archive.

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On this day in 1908: scouting history in Nottingham.