RCN History of Nursing Society Conference

The programme for the RCN History of Nursing Society Conference has been announced.

Date: 15 November 2012

Venue: The Fielder Centre, Hatfield Business Park, Herts AL10 9TP

For further information about this exciting event, please visit the website:

http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_eventsms/history2012#description

09:30  Registration and poster viewing

10.30 Welcome and Introduction to Event 
           Dr Claire Chatterton, Chair of RCN History of Nursing Society

10.45  Keynote Speaker: Professor Anne Marie- Rafferty, Kings College,
            University of London

11.30  Refreshments

12.00  The life and career of Florence Nightingale Shaw
            Rosemary Cook , Director of  the Queen’s Nursing Institute and Monica Baly  Scholar 

12.45  Lunch and poster viewing

13.30  Future Directions from the floor 
            Facilitated by Claire Chatterton, Dianne Yarwood and Ruth Davies (Steering group members)

14.00  Edith Cavell at the London Hospital
            Jonathan Evans, Trust Archivist, Barts and the London NHS Trust

14.45   Refreshments

15.00  The history of  psychiatric treatment of ‘sexual deviation’ including homosexuality and transvesticism
            Tommy Dickenson, Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire. Monica Baly Scholar 

15.45  Closing remarks
            Dr Claire Chatterton, Chair of RCN History of Nursing Society

16.00  Conference close