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half years in imaging, before deciding that, whilst there was nothing wrong with the NHS, she preferred the ambience of a private hospital. She then moved to the King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers in September 1983 to consolidate her general nursing experience, starting on night duty as a staff nurse. Several years and an M.Sc in “the Evaluation of Clinical Practice" later, she is now the Quality and Risk Manager and Deputy Matron, having joined the hospital's senior management team in 1996. She has recently become a certificated member of the Institute of Risk Management (C.IRM) It's clear from the way


that Anne talks, that her nursing vocation is still close to her heart and that she feels proud of the excellent reputations of the hospitals with which she has been connected throughout her working life. She was somewhat


bemused by the sudden wave of media interest, as her belt buckle and nurse's badge is just "part of the uniform". Indeed, she notes that when she escorted another high profile member of the Royal Family out of the Hospital some years ago, she wore the buckle and was photographed at the door in the same way without any comment! With a long career in nursing already achieved, we closed our discussion by asking Anne if she remembers her time at the RMH with affection. “Yes, I’m proud to be a “Masonic nurse” and I always will be.” There can surely be no finer endorsement.


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Deputy Matron Anne Jenkins Inset:


Masonic Nurse’s Medal SUMMER 2013 7


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