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2. Nursing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Nursing in the United Kingdom is the largest health care profession in the country. It has evolved from assisting doctors to encompass a variety of professional roles. Over 700,000 nurses practice, [ 1] working in settings such as hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, communities, military, prisons, and academia.

3. History of nursing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   The history of nursing in the United Kingdom relates to the development of the profession since the 1850s. The history of nursing itself dates back to ancient history, when the sick were cared for in temples and places of worship. In the early Christian era, nursing in the United Kingdom was undertaken by certain women in the Christian Church ...

4. Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

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   The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is an academic faculty within King's College London. The faculty is the world's first nursing school to be continuously connected to a fully serving hospital and medical school ( St. Thomas' Hospital ). [ 3] Established on 9 July 1860 by Florence Nightingale, the founder ...

5. Healthcare in London - Wikipedia

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   There is a 14.8% vacancy rate for nurses in London, the highest in the country. Acute hospitals and mental health care are particularly short of nurses. Austerity is blamed. [32] Patients in London who suffered stroke were found to be much more likely to get thrombectomy in 2022 than those in other parts of England. 42% of thrombectomy units ...

6. Royal College of Nursing - Wikipedia

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   The College of Nursing Ltd was founded on 27 March 1916, with 34 members, as a professional organisation for trained nurses. [5] On a proposal from Dame Sarah Swift (then matron of Guy's Hospital) and Arthur Stanley, chairman of the Joint War Organisation, developed with Rachael Cox-Davies (matron of the Royal Free Hospital) and Alicia Lloyd-Still (matron of St. Thomas Hospital) the College ...

7. Matron - Wikipedia

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   Hospital matrons promoted nurses and nursing through the media of radio, newspapers and books e.g. Gwendoline Kirby, matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital, London was a guest on Desert island Discs, [19] Muriel Powell, matron of St George's Hospital London featured in the Star London newspaper in 1958 and spoke regularly on BBC radio and ...