Windrush Nurses and Beyond Foundation - Inaugural Gala Awards

Published: 26 October 2012

RCN London hosted a table at the important Windrush Nurses and Beyond Foundation inaugural dinner and award ceremony.

The event highlighted the contribution made by those from the Caribbean and African continent in the creation and work of the NHS.

More than 200 people attended the event, including RCN Deputy President Cecilia Anim and Professor Elizabeth Anionwu CBE.

The evening was compered by Gillian Joseph, newsreader, and Patron Baroness Howells of St Davids spoke of her journey from Grenada in 1951.

Diane Abbott MP and Baroness Scotland were also at the dinner

RCN London’s Operational Manager Nora Flanagan presented an award to a Jamaican Nurse, Henrietta Campbell, who came to England in the 1950s.

The RCN was delighted that Dr Neslyn Watson-Druée CBE received an award, presented to her by Penny Klees, whose mother Winifred trained as a nurse at Whipps Cross just before World War Two. At the time, there were only two black nurses in the country. 

 
Ms Campbell receiving her award from Nora Flanagan, and Bob Foster co-founder Windrush Nurses and Beyond Foundation.