Tag Archives: Florence Nightingale

Happy Birthday Florence, and thank you to all Nurses and Midwives including Mary!


I am very proud of all of the people I have ever met who are Nurses, Midwives or who work in the NHS in contexts that help to make the settings better for all of us. One of my friends … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Flo


194 Years ago today Florence Nightingale was born. Today as well as celebrating her Birthday, we can also acknowledge International Nurses Day.  One way of doing something practical is to register your own opposition to a proposal to raise the cost of … Continue reading

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Some notes of optimism


According to the Bank of England website, there are currently four Banknotes in circulation and after a very disturbing campaign, we now know that after the Elizabeth Fry image is removed from the £5 note in 2016, that Jane Austen will replace … Continue reading

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