| Margaret Carradice |
 Margaret was born in Sheffield in 1942, the only child of a policeman and at-home mother. Impressed by an aunt who was a nurse,
Margaret Carradice went on to study pre-nursing and nursing from age sixteen. Although interested in Casualty work after qualifying,
Margaret Carradice then spent two years working in Sheffield’s first Renal Unit at the Royal Hospital, before marriage and
a move to Derby. Here, Margaret Carradice found that out-patient work was the best way to accommodate looking after her new
son. However, after six years, Margaret Carradice and her family moved back to Sheffield. In the mean time, Margaret Carradice’s
nurse aunt had begun work at St Luke’s in Sheffield, and introduced her to the hospice, where part-time working with on-site
crèche facilities was ideal. After ward sistering for five years, Margaret Carradice went on to become Assistant Matron, then
Matron. The interview discusses the early development of staffing, home and day care at the hospice, the change in name from
‘nursing home’ to ‘hospice’, symptom control, patients and families, local reactions to the hospice, foreign visitors, and
religious activities at the hospice.
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| Interview conducted by David Clark, 3 February 1997 |
| Interview Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes |
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