Many rivers to cross

Contents Preface Forward Introduction Timeline Looking Back: Photo's from the age Contact Acknowledgments Order your copy NOW!

Nurses Allied Health Professionals Doctors and Dentists

A passion for nursing Recruitment Career and training Making my own arrangements Family connections Joining relatives Making the journey

A welcome Family support First impressions Culture Shocks Misconceptions Food Homesickness and excitment

Pupil nurses Nurse training Psychiatric nursing Making friends Living in the Nurses' Home Caps, Uniforms and Discipline Allied Health Professionals Doctors and Dentists

A positive experience Bracking through discrimination Introducing innovations Working and children Doctors and Dentists Improving chances for others

Personal Satisfaction

Diversity in the NHS


Hazel Wigmore, clinical teacher, instructing pupil nurse Mabel Corbin on dispensing from the drug trolley on the ward, London Hospital, Whitechapel, c1967 (Royal London Hospital Archives: LH/P/2/55)	Pharmacy technician prepares equipment in the hospital pharmacy, London Hospital, Whitechapel, May 1968 (Royal London Hospital Archives: LH/P/2/55)

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