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The Committee was represented by Mary Newton and Jane Kemp at the lunch prior to the award ceremony, this is also when the badges are presented. The Mary Jones award was shared by Leah Marsh and Hannah Standing O’Farrell. The  Rebecca Haynes award winner is Emily Chesterman Laura Rowland won the Kate Morle Prize ( there […]

MEG PARKES Those of us at the reunion were delighted by Megs presentation regarding the publication of her book Captive Memories. Meg had previously asked us to advertise this book as she is hoping that members of the League may have been nurses on Tropics and nursed some of these men. If you do have […]

This report has been contributed by Jane Kemp following her attendance. Edith Cavell Memorial Service 12th Oct 2015 Sacred Trinity Church, Salford Edith Cavell – background Edith Cavell was born in Norfolk in 1865 and trained as a nurse at the London Hospital (now the Royal London Hospital) Whitechapel (1905-1906) under Matron Eva Luckes. In […]

UNITED LIVERPOOL HOSPITALS BADGE It seems that the badge we thought was a ULH badge and have framed with others in the Foresight Centre is in fact a ULH Nurses League badge. Does anyone have a UHL badge they would be willing to donate to the archives please?

Royal Liverpool University & Broadgreen Hospital Trust Hospital Badge I posted an account previously of our attendance at the badge presentation ceremony at St Georges Concert Hall on 14th May (see in ‘News ‘on the website). We were all very impressed with the initiative implemented by the Chief Nurse Lisa Grant and Carolyn has now […]