Isabella Liddle was an early state registered nurse with an entry on the 1922 Register.  She was Matron of Nottingham General Hospital for 17 years (1924-1941).   Liddle was instrumental in foundin…

Frances Ellen Dwight trained as a workhouse nurse and completed 33 years continuous service for the Nottingham Poor Law Union. She was superintendent nurse and then a matron of the Nottingham Workh…

Gertrude Sheila Mills (known as Sheila) trained as a nurse and midwife.  She was Assistant Matron at Nottingham Women’s Hospital from 1962 until the 1980s, a period leading up to the relocation of …

Online talk exploring the UK's recruitment of Nigerian student nurses to address post-war health care shortages from 1940-1960.

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Learn about the Victoria County History of Nottinghamshire.

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) in Nottingham. Credit: R. Edlin-White Resources for Researching Nottingham Nursing History This page brings together key resources to support rese…

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...