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after her retirement. Her age reportedly "raised eyebrows" among the medical establishment, which deemed her too young for the position, but she proved her critics wrong and would remain there for 22 years. Powell was part of the government committee that recommended removal of the title "matron"
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in mid-1939. She first worked at the emergency maternity hospital at Potslip Hall, Gloucestershire and ,on its closure, as a district nurse/midwife for a short time. Returning to London in 1940 she gained her Nurse Tutor Certificate from
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Muriel Powell remembered : a profile of her life / by Elizabeth J.C. Scott ; foreword by Catherine McLoughlin. - British Library (bl.uk) Accessed 11/5/2022
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in 1936. She then undertook midwifery training at St. George's Hospital , London and in Gloucestershire , attaining her Registered Midwife qualification from the
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Scott EJ. Dame Muriel Powell (1914–1978): Role Model of a Hospital Matron and Leader of Nursing. Journal of Medical Biography. 2003 Feb;11(1):3-9.
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The St George's Nurses League presents the Dame Muriel Powell Award to those who have made important contributions in the field of nursing.
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She was appointed Chief Nursing Officer in Scotland in 1970. However, it soon became clear that she suffered from
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Scott, Elizabeth J. C. "Dame Muriel Powell (1914-1978): role model of a hospital matron and leader of nursing".
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from the National Health Service in 1968. The title has since been gradually reintroduced to the NHS lexicon.
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Powell entered trained at St. George's Hospital , London in 1934 and qualified as a
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church , where the vicar had previously been a chaplain at London at the
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Muriel Powell was appointed In the Queen's Honors' list ,first, as a
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British nurse, hospital matron, nurse educator and public servant
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Thurgood, G. "Muriel Powell Remembered. A Profile of her Life",
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Borough General Hospital in 1943 and principal tutor at
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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Dame Muriel Powell, 1969; commissioned photograph by
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Muriel Powell (nurse)
Muriel Powell (charity administrator)

Cinderford
Ruspidge
Gloucestershire
Cinderford
DBE
Chief Nursing Officer
Scottish Home and Health Department
Cinderford
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
Anglican
Middlesex Hospital
St. George's Hospital
missionary
Hyde Park Corner
State Registered Nurse
Central Midwives Board
Battersea College of Technology
University of London
Ipswich
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Royal College of Nursing

Godfrey Argent
National Portrait Gallery
St George's Hospital
Helen Hanks

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