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The Irish Nurses in the NHS project has benefitted from several funders, including the Emigrant Support Programme. 75 years of the NHS The NHS celebrated its 75th anniversary in July 2023, with renewed focus placed on the people who made the health service what it is, from young Irish women leaving home for the first time to the Windrush generation who came to Britain from Caribbean countries ...
Oct 5, 2021 · As London was the main destination for many would-be nurses, I carried out personal interviews with Irish Nurses in London, comparing 10 Irish nurses who came in the forties and fifties with 10 ...
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Mar 17, 2022 · In the words of one such recruit, these young Irish women became 'the backbone of the NHS'. This work builds upon two earlier projects. In the early 2000s, Louise Ryan undertook a small study of Irish nurses (2007, 2008) which has become widely cited and regarded as pioneering research in understanding the role of Irish migrant women in the NHS.
The film 'Irish Nurses in the NHS' had its premiere in London at the Irish Embassy on 13 February 2024. This film directed by Mohamed Ali Elota and produced by Tom McGorrian, arises from our on-going oral history project with Irish nurses who were recruited in the post-war era to work in Britain's National Health Service. By the 1970s, over ...
A podcast celebrating the contribution of Irish nurses in Britain. In 2023, we launched a podcast to celebrate and explore the lives of the many Irish nurses who helped to build the NHS. The Irish Nurses in the NHS podcast is part of a wider project running in partnership with London Metropolitan University, The University of Liverpool, Irish ...
Jul 3, 2023 · Ryan, originally from Cork but now working at London Metropolitan University, has been working on an ambitious oral history project for which she has interviewed 45 Irish nurses about their ...
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In the words of one of our interviewees, these young Irish women became 'the backbone of the NHS'. During the 1960s 11% of all nurses recruited to hospitals in the south east of England were born in the Irish republic (Walter, 1989). By 1971 there were 31,000 Irish-born nurses in Britain constituting 12% of all nursing staff (Daniels, 1993: 5-6).
