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Pop-Up Exhibition: Irish Nurses in the NHS
The Florence Nightingale Museum will be home to a very exciting pop-up exhibition for a week in November!
From the very beginning, in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) actively recruited Irish women and men to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. By the 1960s approximately 30,000 Irish-born nurses were working across the institution, making up around 12% of all nursing staff.
Irish Nurses in the NHS is a collection of photographs and moving corresponding stories created from in-depth interviews exploring the life experiences of these Irish nurses working within the National Health Services in Britain. This collection of oral histories brings to life the experiences of these groundbreaking nurses, both in the hospital and outside.
“The voices are wonderful – charming and funny, yet serious and revealing … The warmth of these women’s voices is palpable, one feels what they must have been like on the ward, busy, hardworking but also chatty and fun.” –Martina Evans, Irish Times
This exhibition has rarely been displayed in England and will be included in all general admission tickets to the museum.
From the very beginning, in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) actively recruited Irish women and men to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. By the 1960s approximately 30,000 Irish-born nurses were working across the institution, making up around 12% of all nursing staff.
Irish Nurses in the NHS is a collection of photographs and moving corresponding stories created from in-depth interviews exploring the life experiences of these Irish nurses working within the National Health Services in Britain. This collection of oral histories brings to life the experiences of these groundbreaking nurses, both in the hospital and outside.
“The voices are wonderful – charming and funny, yet serious and revealing … The warmth of these women’s voices is palpable, one feels what they must have been like on the ward, busy, hardworking but also chatty and fun.” –Martina Evans, Irish Times
This exhibition has rarely been displayed in England and will be included in all general admission tickets to the museum.
Tue 4 Nov to Sunday 9 November
2 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7EP
Tuesday 4th – Sunday 9th November10:00am - 5:00pm
Included in general admission
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Florence Nightingale Museum
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