Celebrating 60 years of the NHS

A charge nurse hands an envelope to the Hospital Beadle (head porter) Mr Streeton, 1960

A nurse and passer-by outside St Thomas' on Flag Day, 1940s

Patients on the terrace by Embankment at St Thomas', 1960 (Nursing Times)

A charge nurse hands an envelope to the Hospital Beadle (head porter) Mr Streeton, 1960

 

A nurse and passer-by outside St Thomas' on Flag Day, 1940s

 

Patients on the terrace by Embankment at St Thomas', 1960 (Nursing Times)

 

Appointments desk at Guy's Hospital, 1950s

Children in Caleb Diplock Ward at Guy's Hospital, 1950s. The tile illustrations on the wall now hang in the South Wing corridor at St Thomas'

Nurses singing round a piano, Guy's Hospital, 1960s 

Appointments desk at Guy's Hospital, 1950s

 

Children in Caleb Diplock Ward at Guy's Hospital, 1950s. The tile illustrations on the wall now hang in the South Wing corridor at St Thomas'

 

Nurses singing round a piano, Guy's Hospital, 1960s

 

St Thomas' from across the Thames, 1960 (Nursing Times)

Sister Alexandra serving breakfast at St Thomas', 1948

Patients on the balcony at Guy's Hospital, 1950s

St Thomas' from across the Thames, 1940s (Nursing Times)

 

Sister Alexandra serving breakfast at St Thomas', 1948

 

Patients on the balcony at Guy's Hospital, 1950s

 

Cobalt Unit for treatment of cancer, 1960. The high pressure chamber was the only one of its kind in the world at the time

Nurses in the garden at St Thomas', circa 1940s

Radiodiagnosis department, St Thomas', 1960

Cobalt Unit for treatment of cancer, 1960. The high pressure chamber was the only one of its kind in the world at the time

 

Nurses in the garden at St Thomas', circa 1940s

 

Radiodiagnosis department, St Thomas', 1960