Manchester Region Timeline - 1974 | |
Oldham School
of Nursing Lancashire |
In 1974 the Manchester Region's Oldham School of Nursing (Lancashire) was based at Oldham, Lancashire OL1 2JH. This school had training places places for 95 Student Nurses and 76 Pupil Nurses - 75 SRN plus 60 SEN (General) pupil nurses per year and 20 RMN plus 16 Pupil Nurses (MI). There was also a cadet nurse scheme with 25 places 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.
Oldham & District General Hospital Oldham Royal Infirmary |
SRN RMN SEN (General) SEN (Psychiatric MI) Cadets |
NB. Pro-forma badges - will be replaced with actual asap. | |
This 1974 timeline is about the
Oldham School of Nursing
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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