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flag An exhibition at London’s Whittington Hospital honors Irish nurses who helped build the UK’s NHS, highlighting their contributions since 1948.

flag An exhibition opening December 3 at Whittington Hospital in London honors Irish nurses who helped build the UK’s NHS since 1948, showcasing their stories, photographs, and oral histories collected by researchers. flag By the 1960s, around 30,000 Irish nurses worked in the NHS, making up 12% of staff. flag The free display, running through December 18, includes testimonies from those who emigrated starting in the 1950s and recognizes four long-serving nurses. flag A related book, published by Four Courts Press, features 45 interviews and underscores the vital role of international workers in the NHS’s development.

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