Plaque

Florence Nightingale Garden

Erection date: 2017

Inscription

{Left hand plaque:}
The Nightingale badge awarded between 1925 - 1996.

{Central plaque:}
The Florence Nightingale Garden
This garden celebrates the dedicated nursing and midwifery professionals who trained or have worked at Guys' and St Thomas' caring for our patients, pioneering new treatments and inspiring future generations.
Florence Nightingale founded the Nightingale Nurse Training School at St Thomas' Hospital in 1860, which continued until 1996. The next generation of Nightingales was launched in 2017 to build on this legacy.

{Right hand plaque}
The next generation Nightingale Badge awarded from 2017.

Site: Florence Nightingale Garden (1 memorial)

SE1, Westminster Bridge Road, St Thomas's Hospital Gardens

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Florence Nightingale Garden

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Nightingale Badge - New

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Nightingale Nurse Training School

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Florence Nightingale

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Guy's Hospital

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