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Matron is the job title of a very senior or the chief nurse in a hospital in several countries, including the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries and former colonies.
Matron Ethel Gray, seated left, with four of her nurses, 1915
Plaques listing Matrons of Manchester Royal Infirmary
Matron Ann Dolan introducing Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, on the first day of the National Health Service, 5th July 1948 at Park Hospital, nr Manchester .
Miss M B Powell (later Dame Muriel Powell) matron and member of the Committee on the Senior Nurse Structure
Westminster Hospital
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Westminster Hospital was a hospital in Westminster, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded. In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school
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…the senior nursing structure in the hospital (ward sister and above) "p1. The committee was chaired by Brian Salmon, member of the governing body of Westminster Hospital. The appointed members included notable matrons and chief male nurses: Miss M B Powell CBE (matron St. George's Hospital, London); Miss J T Locke OBE…
View of the building in Westminster (on the right) which was home to Westminster Hospital from 1939 to 1992: it has since been converted into flats
Henry Hoare the Good, portrait by Michael Dahl
19th century engraving of the building at Broad Sanctuary which was home to Westminster Hospital from 1831 to 1939