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- 1960s-1991 (Creation)
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17 items
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Administrative history
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children opened on 14 February 1852 as a result of a campaign by Dr Charles West and Dr Henry Bence-Jones to establish a hospital solely for children, which until that point did not exist in Great Britain. Formal nursing training was introduced in 1878 and in 1960 a new School of Nursing building was officially opened on 31 March 1960 by Princess Alexandra. The Charles West School of Nursing merged with South Bank University in 1995.
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These records were held in the Charles West School of Nursing Library.
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Comprises publications produced by other Schools of Nursing including:
- Brochures and prospectuses from the United Norwich Hospitals School of Nursing, Addenbrooke's Hospital Training School for Nurses, Prince of Wales's General Hospital School of Nursing, Princess Alexandra School of Nursing, St Goran's Children's Hospital, Kingston Hospital School of Nursing, Guildford School of Nursing and the Ewell County Technical College Department of Home Economics, Social and Health Studies .
Staff info from King Edward's Hospital Fund,
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Course information from Princess Alexandra School of Nursing
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A programme from the opening of the Donald Winnicott Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in October 1978.
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An information pack about the North Karelian School of Nursing in Finland, health care education in Finland and the Karelia area. It also includes correspondence with the Charles West School of Nursing from 1991 about a proposed trip to the Charles West School by a group of Finnish nursing students.
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- English