Chief nurse to launch annual Pam Hibbs lecture
The first in an annual lecture series in memory of former St Bartholomew’s Hospital nurse Pam Hibbs will take place next month.
In a distinguished career, Pam was chief nurse of the City and Hackney group of hospitals and in 1993 became the chief nurse and general manager of the then Barts and The London NHS Trust.
Horrified by the high incidence of pressure sores in Hackney Hospital during the 1980s, Pam, with financial support from City liveries undertook, ground-breaking research into the problem.
She was made a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by City University for her contribution to nursing.
In 1986 she was appointed OBE and ten years later advanced to CBE.
This free talk, which will take place in the Great Hall at Britain’s oldest working hospital – St Bartholomew’s in the City of London – is for nursing staff working in north east London.
It is hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust and the St Bartholomew’s Hospital League of Nurses, and generously funded by the St Bartholomew’s Hospital Voluntary Board.
The event will feature information on preventing pressure ulcers, as well as a talk from chief nursing officer for England Ruth May. Attendees will also hear from NHS England’s wound care expert Jacqui Fletcher OBE.
The Pam Hibbs annual lecture will take place on Tuesday 22 March from 1.30pm-4.30pm in the Great Hall at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Refreshments will be served. For the full programme and to register for this event, visit Eventbrite.