First official blue plaque outside London honours NHS matron
by Charlotte McLaughlin
Feb 23, 2024
2 minutes
The woman credited as the “first black matron” in the NHS has had her achievement marked with a blue plaque following an expansion to the scheme.
Daphne Steele is being honoured at the former St Winifred’s maternity home in Ilkley, West Yorkshire with the first official blue plaque outside London.
The plaque reads: “Daphne Steele. 1927-2004. Guyanese nurse and midwife. Pioneering black matron
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