Care home staff and residents have paid a heartfelt artistic tribute to nurses for their heroic efforts throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Pendine Park, which operates Bryn Seiont Newydd Caernarfon and seven homes in Wrexham, is marking the contribution of its nursing team on International Nurses Day with a series of symbolic lanterns. The annual celebration of nurses across the world is held on the anniversary of the birth of nursing trailblazer Florence Nightingale known as the Lady with the Lamp, on May 12, 1820. Art class members at Pendine Park have been helping to shed light on the contribution of nurses by creating the distinctive lanterns.
CARE home staff and residents have paid a heartfelt artistic tribute to nurses for their heroic efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Pendine Park, which operates homes in Wrexham and Caernarfon, is marking the contribution of its nursing team on International Nurses Day with a series of symbolic lanterns. The annual celebration of nurses across the world is held on the anniversary of the birth of nursing trailblazer Florence Nightingale known as the Lady with the Lamp, on May 12, 1820. Art class members at Pendine Park s Summerhill Road site in Wrexham have been helping to shed light on the contribution of nurses by creating the distinctive lanterns.
Search dog Beck retires from Mountain Rescue after impressive nine year career Readers wanted to show their gratitude to search dog Beck after retiring from service with the Lake District Mountain Rescue after an impressive 125 searches. With her handler Chris Francis, the association’s callout co-ordinator, she has been a regular at many searches throughout her nine year career. Many callouts were in atrocious and risky conditions on the central Lakeland fells, as her home team, Keswick Mountain Rescue, are one of the key teams serving in the area. She has taken part in searches not only in the Lakes, but also in the Scottish Borders, the Highlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and was responsible for a notable find of an elderly gentleman in South Lakeland who had fallen and become stuck in a section of woodland near Newby Bridge.