Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was facing problems recruiting staff.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Commonwealth and African NHS staff
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Windrush & Commonwealth NHS Nurses and Midwives Statue
London Post has drawings for the sculpture and informs "16 pieces of granite,...
Other Subjects
Broderip Ward
Ward in the former Middlesex Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. When the epidemic began in the early 1980s, there was much misunderstanding about the nature ...
Dr Abraham I. Silverman
Founded the Camden Road doctors' surgery in the late 1920s in the building where he also lived. He served there as a GP for 60 years, keeping the surgery open through the Blitz. It is one of the ...
Sir Harold Gillies
Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patie...
Endell Street Military Hospital
Established in the disused St Giles workhouse buildings during WW1 under the command of Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson (both suffragettes), this 573-bed hospital is the only Briti...
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