Nursing Notes & Midwives’ Chronicle, February 1916: Conscription Not the Only New Law

This blog post was prepared by Autumn, one of our archive’s previous volunteers, and features related images from our archive collections.   In the month that saw the Military Service Act 1916 bring conscription in Great Britain into effect, Nursing Notes looks at the passing of legislation more directly relevant to its readership, as well…

The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act: Nursing Notes, November 1979

This month’s post is taken from Volume 92 of Midwives Chronicle and Nursing Notes, 1979. The midwives of November 1979 were officially disappointed. The implementation of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, which had been passed that year, was officially put on hold. The new statute provided a framework for nursing education and reorganised…