Liverpool Region Schools Timeline - 1974

In 1974 there were 18 combined schools of nursing in the Liverpool Region of the NHS involving 59 hospitals in nurse training - spread across 23 geographical regions of the UK. 13 regions in  England - plus 7 regions covering the Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Wales and Scotland. Not forgetting of course the Schools of Nursing of the armed services, each of which used it's own military hospitals.

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, 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.

In 1974 there were 27 main qualifications which students of nursing studied and trained for. Which number did not include many highly specialized courses, including university degrees, followed consecutively and concurrently by basic course students and qualified nurses. Midwifery training has always been a feature....

The 1974 timeline is about the schools of nursing which trained the vast majority of nurses who then practiced in the UK.  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. All about it.... Welcome!!

  1 Alder Hey Children's Hospital School of Nursing
  2 Birkenhead School of Nursing.
  3 Broadgreen School of Nursing.
  4 Central Wirral School of Nursing.
  5 Moss Side Hospital School of Nursing.
  6 Newsham General Hospital School of Nursing.
  7 North Merseyside School of Nursing.
  8 Ormskirk and District General Hospital School of Nursing.
  9 Providence Hospital School of Nursing.
10 Rainhill Hospital School of Nursing.
11 St Helens and Whiston School of Nursing.
12 South Cheshire School of Nursing.
13 Southport School of Nursing.
14 The United Liverpool Hospitals School of Nursing.
15 Sefton General Hospital School of Nursing. (TULA).
16 Victoria Central Hospital School of Nursing.
17 Warrington Hospitals School of Nursing.
18 West Cheshire School of Nursing.
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