Always Caring, Always Nursing: Ethel 100 years of professional nursing 23rd December 2019

Ethel Fenwick

The Nursing and Midwifery Council are celebrating 100 years of professional nursing with the centenary of the Nurses Registration Act on the 23rd of December.

The Always Caring, Always Nursing site features a timeline, 100 years of professional pride, which looks at the major milestones of professional nursing in the UK.

There is also a profile of Ethel Fenwick, the first registered nurse and a real pioneer in the field.

Bring it up-to-date, there are also the stories of individual registered nurses, Tales from then, now and tomorrow.

For anyone with an interested in, or wanting to celebrate the rich history of professional nursing, the NMC's site is well worth a look.

Christmas opening at the libraries

All of the libraries will be open up to Tuesday the 24th of December.



Berrywood Hospital Library will be staffed from Friday the 27th until Tuesday the 31st of December as usual, and then will reopen on Thursday the 2nd of January.

Isebrook Hospital Library will be closed after Tuesday the 27th of December for the Christmas period and will reopen on Monday the 6th of January. Please contact one of the other libraries if you require any help during this period.

The Richmond Library at Northampton General Hospital will be staffed from Friday the 27th until Tuesday the 31st of December as usual, and then will reopen on Thursday the 2nd of January.

24 hour access will be available to registered users as normal throughout the Christmas period at the Berrywood and Richmond libraries.

We would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing you in 2020.