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I was very interested in Jo Thompson’s ‘Focus On’ article on nursing (February). Readers may be interested to learn of the Nottinghamshire Nursing Flistory Group which was formed in 2019. Members include nurses and midwives, historians and academic researchers. Our website is full of interesting articles in relation to individual nurses and many aspects of nursing in Nottinghamshire. It also hosts the Ethel Gordon Fenwick articles and resources, which came from the EGF Commemorative Partnership. The group gives talks to local societies, and we are currently writing a book on the history of nursing in the

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