North West Metropolitan Region Timeline - 1974
Catholic School of Nursing
London

In 1974 the North West Metropolitan Region's Catholic Hospital School of Nursing was based at the London NW8 9NH. This school had training places for 30 SEN (General) pupil nurses per year. There was no record of a hospital cadet/cadet nurse scheme to help feed recruitment.

All were part of the then still mushrooming growth of the NHS following its inception in1948.  An NHS which was to cater for all.  Cradle to the grave. An NHS attempting to cover almost all known medical conditions. Not surprising then that since that beginning there had developed a plethora of nursing specialties, some sub-divided into highly specialized categories, all designed to meet particular needs. The nurses to meet those needs - General, Sick Children's, Mental, and Mental Subnormality Nurses, were all, by 1974, being trained under the auspices of the General Nursing Councils. One for England and Wales; one for Scotland; and one for Northern Ireland.

Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
SEN (general)
NB. Pro-forma badges - will be replaced with actual asap.

This 1974 timeline is about the Catholic School of Nursing which trained the vast majority of nurses who then initially practised in the area.  About the courses. About the students who followed them to become registered nurses. About the awards they gained on the way. About their teachers, including ward staff. About the hospitals. About nursing practice. Above all it is about the reality of the practice of nurse education and training in the '70's. Perhaps you were one of them. If so why not tell us all about it on our forum. Welcome!!

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