The NHS Seacole Centre is dedicated to helping people recovering from the coronavirus. Several temporary hospitals have been opened recently to support Covid-19 patients and many have been named after ...

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The final design for a statue of Mary Seacole, the Jamaican-born nurse famed for her work during the Crimean War, has been chosen. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...

Five nursing and midwifery specialists have been officially inducted as Mary Seacole scholars for their work on healthcare projects for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. They were all ...

When Florence Nightingale was recruiting nurses, an accomplished nurse from Jamaica named Mary Seacole traveled to London but was repeatedly rejected. Seacole wrote: "Did these ladies shrink from ...

Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due. By Linda Villarosa When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

A cross-party group of MPs have backed a campaign for Mary Seacole to become the first black person featured on the new £50 note. The Bank of England recently announced that the “more secure” polymer ...

For more than a century, Florence Nightingale has been known around the world as a nursing pioneer and the founder of modern nursing. Now she has a rival. Jamaican-born Mary Seacole has emerged to ...

May 12 is celebrated as International Nurses’ Day. Generally, the day is so celebrated because it is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Inasmuch as it is a good gesture, at this time of year I do get a ...