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Nursing history at home
Explore the RCN’s online history exhibitions from the comfort of your sofa
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Celebrating BAME nursing history
In recognition of the incredible diversity of our nursing workforce, the RCN Library and Archives team has uncovered stories of black, Asian and minority ethnic nurses from decades past
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RCN Bulletin goes digital
We look back on the history of RCN member magazines as we say goodbye to our printed publications, and hello to an exciting digital future
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Looking back
On 5 July 1948, health care professionals across the UK rolled up their sleeves for a historic day at work - the NHS had arrived
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NHS 75: the history of our National Health Service
As the NHS celebrates its 75th anniversary, Dianne Yarwood, retired nurse and member of the RCN History of Nursing Forum, offers a personal perspective on the organisation’s development
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Prisoner of war to psychiatric nurse
As former psychiatric nurse and nursing historian Professor Peter Nolan returns to the RCN for an upcoming history event, we hear about his fascinating career and how the personal stories of nursing staff can paint a vivid picture of nursing’s past
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Finding the Black nurses of the Royal Navy
In the 18th century, enslaved Black women were made to work in the British Empire’s naval hospitals, treating sailors with yellow fever and malaria. Historian Dr Erin Spinney finds traces of their lives and work in the archives
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Celebrating 25 years of RCN Direct
We look at how the vital service has evolved over a quarter of a century of supporting members
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WWII's refugee nurses: ‘They couldn’t save their families, but they could help patients in the UK’
Nursing historian Jane Brooks shares her research on the courageous nurses who fled Nazi Germany and went on to help found the NHS
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‘A quiet revolutionary’: the NHS's first Black matron
With a Blue Plaque newly unveiled in her memory, we profile the extraordinary life of Daphne Steele, the first Black matron to join the NHS.
