Getting around
Susan Cohen celebrates the mobile district nurse, bringing care to the remotest parts of Dorset
Published in May ’22
District nurse Jenny Wolfe in her donkey cart in about the 1890s
WHEN Dorset was in the throes of the recent pandemic, the district nurse was one of the unsung stars. As in the rest of the country, district nurses played a vital role in caring for people marooned in their homes during the extensive lockdowns. Dorset has a rich history, dating back to 1896, of providing a home nursing service. The scene was set with the foundation of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses in 1887, which established district nursing as a profession. The new ‘Queen’s nurses’ were at the vanguard of community nursing, having been…
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