The Faculty’s Historical Society aims to unite individuals with an interest in medicine, nursing, midwifery and social work across the University and the wider community. The society meets regularly for a range of talks and discussion and you can view many of our past events below (alphabetical order by first speaker).
Women with Postpartum Psychosis and Their Babies – Then and Now
Dr Claire Chatterton, Nation Manager North, The Open University (Visiting Professor, University of Chester and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing) and Dr Ann Mitchell, Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing, The Open University - Women with Postpartum Psychosis and Their Babies
Donor Human Milk Banking – Past and Present. The Birth and Growth of a Local Nurse-led Healthcare Initiative
Lynda Coulter MBE, former Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Hospital Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - Donor Human Milk Banking - Past and Present
An Introduction to Healthcare in the Soviet Union
Susan Grant, PhD, Principal Investigator, Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, "Growing Old in the Soviet Union, 1945-1991", Reader in Modern European History, School of Humanities and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University - An Introduction to Healthcare in the Soviet Union
Alert to the Necessities of the Emergency: U.S. Nursing During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Arlene Keeling PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita and Associate Director, The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, University of Virginia and past President of the American Association for the History of Nursing - U.S. Nursing During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Florence Nightingale: Her Life and Legacy
Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, Professor of Health and Social Care and Head, Chester Medical School, University of Chester – Florence Nightingale: Her Life and Legacy for the 200th anniversary of her birth on 12 May 2020
NHS 70th Anniversary event
NHS 70th Anniversary event: Professor Terry Wardle – From Barracks to Bevan and Beyond and Professor Angela Simpson – A Celebration of Health Education at the University and Reflections on How Health Education is Changing to Meet Future Health Priorities
The First World War: Returning Home Exhibition
University of Chester Riverside Museum – The First World War: Returning Home Exhibition launch with a performance of ‘Over by Christmas’ by Theatre in the Quarter