Best front line staff to be 'fast tracked' for seats on NHS boards

摘要

More than 120 people attended the historic Guildhall in Derry/Londonderry for the launch of Nurses' Voices from the Northern Ireland Troubles, a compilation of personal accounts about caring for victims of the conflict.Among the nurses who shared often harrowing accounts^was former health visitor Lorna Finlay, pictured.Co-editor Margaret Graham told the audience: This is the first time nurses _, have had the opportunity to-showtfie impact the Troubles had on them. We were taken aback at the number of times we heard the phrase "no one has ever asked us what it was like".'Between August 1969 and April 1998 more than 3,600 people were killed and thousands more were injured in Northern Ireland. Nurses' Voices includes stories about dealing with casualties of atrocities such as the Omagh bombings.RCN general secretary Peter Carter paid tribute to the late Mona Grey, the first salaried secretary (director) of the RCN in Northern Ireland, who left a large bequest that enabled the RCN History of Nursing Networkto commission the book.