Worshipful Company of Nurses

The Worshipful Company of Nurses is a livery company in the City of London

This article is about the City of London Livery Company. For the organisation set up by the National Union of County Officers in 1937, see Hospital and Welfare Services Union.

It was founded as the Guild of Nurses and was approved for formation as a guild by the City of London on 9 February 2016. It was formed to represent the nursing profession.[1] A guild is the beginning of a process towards forming a livery company.[2]

In 2020 the Guild was promoted to a company without livery,[3] and in May 2023 The Worshipful Company of Nurses was approved for Livery by the Court of Aldermen.[4]

See also

References
  1. "The Guild of Nursing" (PDF). Livery Briefing. February 2016.
  2. "New Guilds & Modern Companies | Livery Companies of the City of London". www.liverycompanies.info. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. Stephenson, Jo (13 May 2020). "Nursing profession accepted into 'ancient' livery movement". Nursing Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. Ford, Steve (16 May 2023). "Nursing group receives prestigious livery company status". Nursing Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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