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THE QARANC ASSOCIATION
“Charitable Incorporated Organisation” 1163821
Patron
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex
President
Colonel Alison Farmer QHN ARRC CNO (Army)
Chairman
Colonel (Retd) John Quinn OstJ
General Secretary
Sue McAteer
Telephone: 01276 412796
Email: gensec@qarancassociation.org.uk
Charity Office Manager
Sarah Young
Telephone: 01276 421754
Email: manager@qarancassociation.org.uk
Administrative Officer
Alison Roberts
Email: admin@qarancassociation.org.uk
QARANC Association Gazette
Editor: Major (Retd) Alison Spires TD
Gazette submissions: gazette@qarancassociation.org.uk
Website: http://www.qarancassociation.org.uk/
Postal address:
Regimental Headquarters QARANC
Robertson House, Slim Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 4NP
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THE GAZETTE
Vol 18 No 2 2020 • Autumn 2020
Contents
President’s Foreword..................................................... 2 Report from the Chair .................................................... 3 Trustees and staff of the QARANC Association.............. 4 How the QARANC Association can help you.................. 5 Editorial .......................................................................... 5
Major (Retd) Rosy Hubbard TD Recipient of the QA Association Medal Citation......................................... 6 Marjorie Allen celebrates her 100th Birthday .................. 6 The Role of the Colonels Commandant...........................7 Exercise Proton Serpent ................................................ 8 RHQ says au revoir to Alison Roberts ............................ 9 Book Review – In the Footsteps of Florence Nightingale 10 London Poppy Selling: 5 November 2019...................... 10 Celebrating seventy years of other rank service ............11 Croix de Guerre Training Weekend ............................... 15 3 Medical Regiment Football Tour to Thailand............... 18
Exercise Racing Ice 3 – Inter Services Ice Sports Championships ......................................................... 19
Danish CBRN Clinical Course Development Defence Engagement ............................................................ 20
Grassroots innovation in the delivery of Mental Healthcare – DCMH Tidworth .................................. 21 British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) Deployment 23 Covid-19 – Working as a Nurse in an NHS Hospital ...... 24 Operation Broadshare.................................................. 25 From theatres of war to operating theatres ................. 26
COVID-19 – experiences of a preceptorship nurse at Joint Hospital Group (South) ............................................ 28 Covid-19 ‘Lockdown learning’ ...................................... 29 My Nightingale Experience........................................... 30
Covid-19 Managing Staff Mental Health at NHS Nightingale London...................................................31
Covid-19 Family Support and Liaison at NHS Nightingale London .................................................................... 32 Covid-19 Staff Welfare at NHS Nightingale London ...... 33 Corps Heritage Matters ............................................... 34 News from the Museum of Military Medicine ............... 34 A Blue Plaque for Nurse Anne Veronica Fletcher ......... 35 Florence 2020.............................................................. 36 Jurassic Coast Branch ................................................. 40 Millbank Branch............................................................ 40 Newcastle Branch......................................................... 41 Scottish Branch............................................................ 42 West Country Branch................................................... 44 Welsh Branch............................................................... 44 Appointments, Promotions and Awards....................... 45 Brigadier Joan Moriarty CB RRC .................................. 46 Obituaries......................................................................47 The Last Post............................................................... 52
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