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.

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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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Broderip Ward

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 ...

Place, Medicine

1 memorial
Sir Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz

Biophysicist and physician. Born in Leipzig. He came to Britain in 1935 and worked at the University College London (UCL). In 1938 he went to study at the Sydney Medical School. He joined the Royal...

Person, Medicine, Science, Australia, Germany

1 memorial
Dr Abraham I. Silverman

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 ...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Sir Harold Gillies

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...

Person, Medicine, New Zealand

1 memorial
Endell Street Military Hospital

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...

Building, Gender Issues, Medicine

1 memorial