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  • A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale

    Thursday, 14th May 2009

    The annual Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 13th May 2009.

    Florence Nightingale Special Service

  • Florence Nightingale honoured at Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th May 2010

    A Service to Celebrate the Life of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2010.

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  • Princess Alexandra Attends Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale

    Thursday, 12th May 2011

    Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Patron, The Florence Nightingale Foundation, attended A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

    Royal Visit HRH Princess Alexandra

  • Florence Nightingale’s Life and Work Remembered

    Thursday, 10th May 2012

    A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 9th May 2012 at 6.30pm.

  • The life and work of Florence Nightingale commemorated in annual celebration

    Thursday, 9th May 2013

    The Secretary of State for Health, The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP, attended a Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 8 May 2013 at 6.30pm.

  • Abbey holds 50th Florence Nightingale service

    Thursday, 7th May 2015

    A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 6th May 2015.

  • Westminster Abbey Commemorates the Life of Florence Nightingale

    Thursday, 12th May 2016

    A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Wednesday 11th May 2016.

  • Florence Nightingale remembered

    Thursday, 10th May 2018

    HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy, attended a Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 9th May 2018.

  • Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell Remembered

    Wednesday, 15th May 2019

    Princess Alexandra attended a Westminster Abbey service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale and to mark the centenary of the funeral of Edith Cavell.

    Edith Cavell

  • A podcast for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

    Sunday, 10th May 2020

    A podcast for the Fifth Sunday of Easter is published today as the Abbey continues to offer virtual worship for all.

    Abbeycast COVID-19

  • Abbey turns itself NHS blue for nurses’ tribute

    Tuesday, 12th May 2020

    Westminster Abbey turned itself NHS blue and invited in a clinical research nurse to help celebrate today’s 200th anniversary of the birthday of Florence Nightingale.

  • Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service

    Thursday, 12th May 2022

    The service is held annually to celebrate nursing and midwifery and all staff, both qualified and unqualified, and the importance of supporting one another through challenging times.

  • Florence Nightingale Service 2021 Sermon

    Wednesday, 12th May 2021

    Over the last year nurses, midwives and health visitors across the world have been a sign of hope. You have rolled up your sleeves and given of yourselves more than either we or you would have imagined, and we are profoundly thankful.

  • A Service to Commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale

    Wednesday, 15th May 2024

    The service will celebrate nursing and midwifery and the importance of supporting one another through challenging times.

  • Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service

    Thursday, 16th May 2024

    A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Wednesday 15th May 2024.

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