Sorry, Wizard, I have no idea. But what I do remember is my dad reading the CET every evening, and almost every week he'd say "here we go again: Mary Hill, 51, fined £5 for being drunk and disorderly"!
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DaveA Clacton on Sea
107 of 112Tue 10th Nov 2020 2:28pm
Hi All,
Just thought I'd do another post with some of the people I remember working at Cov & Warwick at the same time as I was there.
Miss Crofton - Matron
Miss Mitchell - Nursing Tutor
Miss Clifford - Day Nursing Officer - Trauma Orthopaedics
Mrs Morrisey - Night Nursing Officer
Sister Clarkin - Watson Ward - Days
Sister Abbey - Watson Ward - Days
Sister Wright - Smith Clarke Ward - Days
Sister Bradder - Days
Sister Hextall - Days
Sister Field - Night Sister
SRN Ayers - ITU Nights
Charge Nurse Ward - Night Charge Nurse - Casualty
Charge Nurse Parsonage - Day Charge Nurse - ITU
Dennis - Philip Ward
Mr Sharp - Consultant Surgeon
Mr Clegg - Consultant Surgeon
Mr Watson - Consultant Surgeon
Dr Zaphiropoulos - Consultant Rheumatologist
Mr Green - Senior Remedial Gymnast
Mr Howell - Remedial Gymnast
Mr Sergeant - Superintendent Physiotherapist
Mrs Sergeant - Physiotherapist
SEN Field - Watson Ward Nights
N/A Small - Watson Ward Nights
N/A Hart - Nights
Will do another post soon outlining the routines and responsibilities of the ward and department staff.
D J Allen
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CJonesy Cardiff
108 of 112Tue 3rd Aug 2021 8:03pm
Hi all
Have been travelling down memory lane and for life of me, can't remember what type of ward Smith Clarke was. Can anyone jog my memory please.
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Helen F Warrington
109 of 112Wed 4th Aug 2021 11:47am
Hi, welcome to the forum. I'd love to help but it's not my area of interest - hopefully someone will be along who have the info.
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Annie Coventry
110 of 112Thu 2nd Sep 2021 7:00pm
The C&W theatres were never moved. They were where you remember them, through the double doors facing first flooor lift and to the right.
I worked there in July to September 1976 while training. We would greet the patient on a stretcher, checking their armband and notes and verbally confirming their name and DOB with them. Then they were taken into the theatre anaesthetic room to be put to sleep. From there they were taken into one of two theatres.
After the op they were recovered and taken back to their ward.
In 1976 the room that would be ICU was empty.
In ICU where I worked on the bank, there were 6 beds and it was normally staffed by 4 trained nurses.
There WERE tunnels under the hospital but were never used to transport patients, as old patient records were kept down there and they never ran to any departments at all.
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Annie Coventry
111 of 112Thu 2nd Sep 2021 7:02pm
Another correction on my part. ICU did only have 4 beds not 6 as I said earlier. But nurses wore normal uniform there, not theatre scrubs.
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Annie Coventry
112 of 112Thu 2nd Sep 2021 7:09pm
We were probably there at the same point. I did my orthopaedic training Jan 1976 to March 1978, then returned to Keresley Ward Dec 1979 as a trained nurse. I was on Elizabeth Ward from June 1984 for some time and Smith Clarke from December 1984.
I also did the other wards as a bank nurse till 1993.
I met my husband who was a porter there.
I am now retired and living in Cornwall since October 2020. I retired early.
I did work at Coventry Myton Hospice from 2017 till I retired.
What job did you do at C&W?