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Radio Derby,12 May 2025,9 mins

Florence Nightingale: Her connection to Derbyshire

Secret Derbyshire

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Known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', she is credited with significantly improving hygiene and living standards. She spent many of her formative years in Derbyshire and helped with the design of the Derbyshire infirmary to make it as sanitary as possible. Laura Phillips, Head of Curation at Derby Museums and Victoria Sweetmore, a nursing historian at the University of Derby go through her life’s work with Âé¶¹Éç Radio Derby’s Becky Measures. Image credits: Getty

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