Group    From 1948 

Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Categories: Medicine

Countries: Africa, Caribbean Islands

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,...

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William Harvey

William Harvey

Born at Folkestone, Kent. Discovered and proved the circulation of the blood.

Person, Medicine

2 memorials
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

Born Paris. Worked with malaria.

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, France

1 memorial
Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera epidemic - at least 1,618 Lambeth waterfront residents perished and were buried in unmarked graves in the burial ground in Lambeth High Street, now Lambeth Rec...

Group, Medicine, Tragedy

1 memorial
Christine Murrell

Christine Murrell

Doctor and psychologist. Born 1 Jeffrey's Road, Clapham Road. Set up a private practice in Bayswater with her lifelong partner and friend Dr Elizabeth Honor Bone. First woman to be elected to the C...

Person, Gender Issues, Medicine

1 memorial
Sir Astley Paston Cooper

Sir Astley Paston Cooper

Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of S...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial