The National Uniform Dress

Until about 1972 all hospitals had their own style of uniform, mostly the traditional dress and starched apron. In the early 70s, the Dept of Health decided to go for a corporate look for all NHS nurses.

The dress came in 4 colors.

• Dark blue for Sisters
• White for Staff Nurses
• Light Blue for Student Nurses
• Stone for Auxiliaries

It turned out that the dark blue was never used because Sisters insisted on wearing a proper uniform! The light blue was found everywhere worn by both students and qualified staff, white was only ever found in a very few hospitals and the stone colour was issued to just about all auxiliaries.

Links

• Article on the national uniform
• Example of the white version of the national
• Another example of the white national

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  White version of the 'National' uniform, UK 1970s.
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  A nice shot of the 'National' uniform, UK 1970s.
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  White version of the 'National' uniform, UK 1970s.
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  Class of 'Nationals', UK 1970s.
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  Nationals, UK 1970s
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  A rare pic of the Sister's National, UK 1970s
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  Student Nurse, UK 1970s
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  nurse in national uniform, UK 1975
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  nurse in national uniform, UK 1975
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  nurse in national uniform, UK 1975
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  Nurse from a magazine, UK 1975
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  Blue check version of the 'National' uniform, UK 1970s/1980s.
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  Blue check version of the 'National' uniform, UK 1970s/1980s.
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  The 'National', 1976.
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  A group of 'Nationals', Hong Kong 1976.
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  Student Nurse, UK 1976
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  Nationals', UK 1977.
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  The National, UK 1977
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  The 'National', 1978.
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  'Nationals', UK 1979
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  Nurse wearing the white version of the 1970s/80s 'National' uniform.
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  The 'National' uniform, UK 1980s.
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  A 'National' can just be seen here through the apron.
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  Nurses wearing the 1970s/80s 'National' uniform.
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  'National' with matching belt. 1980s.
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  The 'National', Found on the Web.
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  Tha 'National' in the 1980s.
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  The 'National', UK 1980s.
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  The National, UK 1980s.
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s.
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s.
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s.
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s.
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  The 'National', King's Lynn, 1980s
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  The 'National' uniform, 1980s. Sent in by Simon.
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  Another 1980s 'National' from Simon.
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  And another 'National' from Simon
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  The 'National' uniform, 1980s. From Simon.
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  UK. Another 1980s 'National' from Simon.
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  UK, The 'National', 1980s
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  The National uniform, UK 1980s
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  Check and plain 'Nationals', UK 1980s.
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  The 'National' uniform, UK 1980s
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  The 'National' uniform, UK 1980s
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  Nursing Auxiliary in stone version of the 'National' uniform, 1980s, UK.
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  The 'National' uniform, UK 1980s
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  The National, UK 1980s

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