Main description:

The year 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the first provincial training school for nurses. Nursing in Liverpool since 1862 looks at the development of professional nursing, it highlights some of the 'firsts' to have originated in Liverpool in the field of nursing practice. The study contains oral history accounts from the nurses who have trained and worked in Liverpool both in the hospitals and the community. They follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale who in collaboration with William Rathbone VI pioneered modern nursing practice. It is a story of dedication, innovation and, above all, caring.

Contents:

Table of contents: Foreword vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1 1 The foundations of professional nursing in Liverpool 3 2 Consolidation of professional nursing 17 3 1919 - 1948: From registration to the start of the NHS 33 4 Nursing and the National Health Service 53 Conclusion 91 Sources and Additional Reading 95 Index 97