Sign in to the Members Area to read the thoughts of our members on the November Book Club recommendations… The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen The Threads of Life by Clare Hunter The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman NHS RF Book Club If you haven’t had chance to send us your reviews yet, please […]
We have been contacted by NHS England to ask if any of our members have been involved in the delivery of previous vaccine launches or other large scale public health campaigns. Examples of such vaccines could be MMR, MenC or HPV. If you took part, and would like your experiences to be considered as part […]
We know from a number of posts on our Facebook page and from speaking to members that some of you are keen to get involved with the Covid-19 vaccination programme either as returning clinicians or as volunteers. Please click on the links below for the updated information relating to signing up for the various roles, […]
We are thrilled to announce that we have just launched an NHS Retirement Fellowship book club. Click to find out more details about joining the club, together with our first three reading recommendations NHSRF Book Club
As part of the celebrations of Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary, October 21 – November 4 has been declared Florence Nightingale Fortnight by the Foundation of the same name which provides scholarships to nurses. The dates tie in with the anniversary of Florence leaving for and arriving at the Scutari Hospital in Turkey to care for injured […]
We were honoured to see that The Guardian published our Patron Ken Jarrold’s tribute to Ethel Armstrong on 24th October in it’s Journal section as well as on 12th October. If you would like to read Ken’s fine words please follow this link https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/12/ethel-armstrong-obituary?fbclid=IwAR1sXenSri6ZZ2CqmYmRRuMaSGWCgoYp8IRSjWUYQyvFibZR76f_FaWc74M
Today, we mark 105 years since the death of Edith Cavell. On 12th October 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad. At the time of the outbreak of the First World War, Edith was at home in Norwich visiting her family. She told those closest to her […]
The online September edition of the NHS Retirement Fellowship Newsletter is now available Newsletter September 2020
The funeral of our patron Ethel Armstrong MBE, took place on 26th August 2020, in Lanchester, County Durham. In these strange times, only 30 people were allowed to attend the service but the Fellowship was well represented by Ken Jarrold, Margaret and Tony Moffat, Cynthia and Bruce Matthews, Pam and Keith Holroyd, John Rostill, Audrey […]
It is with the deepest regret and real sadness that we have to announce the death of our Patron and great friend Mrs Ethel Armstrong MBE who passed away on 6th August 2020. We intend to celebrate Ethel’s life when permitted to do so and further details will be made available at the appropriate time. […]