North West Metropolitan Region Timeline - 1974 | |
Windsor Group School of
Nursing Buckinghamshire |
In 1974 the North West Metropolitan Windsor Group School of Nursing was based at Slough, Buckinghamshire SL2 4HL. This school had training places for 180 SRN student nurses and 155 SEN (135 General + 20 Psychiatric (MI)) pupil nurses per year. There was a cadet nurse scheme with 15 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.
Wrexham Park Hospital Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital King Edward VII Hospital Heatherwood Hospital Maidenhead Hospital Upton Hospital Church Hill House Hospital |
SRN SEN (General + MI) Cadets |
*NB. Picture used above is 3rd Option. Windsor group/Wexham Park School/Hospital badge photograph needed. | |
This 1974 timeline is about
the Windsor Group 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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