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Harry Leslie Smith

Nursing as it used to be – with Jane Dean

20/12/2018 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Keen followers of Call the Midwife should certainly be checking in to Jane Dean’s new book, To Heal the Sick – Nursing in the NHS in the 1960s.  (Available from JaneDeanAuthor or as a Kindle here.) Jane trained with a  group of friends, all of whom have kept in touch over the …

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Harry Leslie Smith

02/12/2018 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

(Image courtesy of Sarah Lee for the Guardian.)  I don't usually regret having handed over all social media activity to Cressida and Kathy but reading the Guardian's obituary this week of Harry Leslie Smith aged 95 I sort of wish that I had remained logged in just to read his …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Environmental Issues, PoliticsTag: Harry Leslie Smith, Harry Leslie Smith at the Labour Party conference, Harry Leslie Smith on Twitter, Harry Leslie Smith's articles for the Guardian, Harry's Last Stand

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