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    'Midnight oil and early morning toil' Jump to media player Professor Nola Ishmael OBE, joined the NHS in 1963 and rose up the ranks to become the first black Director of Nursing in London.
    • 26 Jun
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    Tributes to city's 'first black nurse' Jump to media player Tributes are paid to a woman who fought racism to become Bristol's first black ward sister in the 1960s.
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    • 30 May
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Becoming the first black nursing director in London

Professor Nola Ishmael OBE, came to Britain from Barbados in 1963 as a young NHS trainee nurse and rose up the ranks to become the first black Director of Nursing in London.

  • 26 Jun 2018
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