Whether it be as a midwife, in management as a clinical lead, working in specialist units or on the wards, our nurses have worked tirelessly to deliver the best care possible. Gazette photographers were on hand in the 1990s and 2000s to capture on film their dedicated work. So many recognisable faces…
13. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
In 1999 Blackpool Victoria Hospital hosted a new course, Back to Nursing, which hoped to bring former nurses back into the profession. Pic shows Victoria Hospital Director of Nursing and Quality Gordon Roberts (centre) with some of those who joined the course Photo: Rob Lock
14. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
Macarena Romero Martin in the Intensive Therapy Unit at BVH, 2001 Photo: Mike Foster
15. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
Beatrice Nath on Ward 26 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in 2000 Photo: Bill Johnson
16. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
Blackpool Victoria Hospital Staff Nurse Joanna Burke treating a patient in 1997 Photo: Martin Bostock
17. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
Angela Coster joined the Back to Nursing scheme at BVH in 1999, which brought former nurses back into the profession. Angela had been working on the QE2 Photo: Rob Lock
18. Blackpool's brilliant nurses
Katy Jones learns the tricks of the trade from Senior Plaster Technician Peter Ireland, working on 3 year-old Kieran Goddard in 2001 Photo: Rob Lock