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Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

Directed by Victor Chimara
2016    60m
Documentary
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Thousands of Caribbean and African women who came over to the UK around 70 years ago to help save the then ailing health service.
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Cast of Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS
  • Cecilia NobleSelf - Voice Over
  • Kehinde AndrewsSelf - Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Elizabeth AnionwuSelf - Professor of Nursing
  • Cathy AppiahSelf - Former Midwife - Ghana
  • Aneurin BevanSelf - Health Minister
  • Carmen Brooks-JohnsonFormer Midwife - Jamaica
  • Myrtle BryantSelf - Former Midwife - Barbados
  • Beverley ChapmanSelf - Former Midwife - Jamaica
  • Yvonne CoghillSelf - Dir. Workforce Race Equality Standard, NHS England
  • Linda CravenSelf - Former Trainee Nurse
  • Jacqui Dunkley-BentSelf - Head of Maternity, NHS England
  • Zena Edmund-CharlesSelf - Professor of Nursing
  • Daphne FosterSelf - Former Midwife - Jamaica
  • Jean GayiHerself - Former Psychiatrc Nurse - Barbados
  • Sislin HunteSelf - Former District Nurse - Jamaica
  • Nola IshmaelSelf - Former Director of Nursing, London - Barbados
  • Tina Johnson-MartinSelf - Former Ward Sister - Jamaica
  • Maria Layne-SpringerSelf - Former Ophthalmic Nurse - Barbados
  • Beatrice NormanSelf - Former Head Nurse: Children and Young People - Uganda
  • Lynette Richards-LordeSelf - Former Midwife - Guyana
  • Laura SerrantSelf - Professor of Nursing
  • Stephanie SnowSelf - Senior Research Associate
  • Patrick VernonSelf - Former NHS Director
  • Colleen Wedderburn-TateSelf - Former Midwife - Jamaica
  • Allyson WilliamsSelf - Former Midwife - Trinidad
  • Leonie WilliamsSelf - Former Midwife - Jamaica

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