About Elizabeth Cockayne
Lived 1894 – 1988 (aged 93). Elizabeth Cockayne was a British nurse.
Dame Elizabeth Cockayne, (29 October 1894 – 4 July 1988) was Chief Nursing Officer from the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 until her retirement a decade later in 1958. She was succeeded by Dame Kathleen Raven.
Career Born in Burton-on-Trent,
Awards/honours She was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Council of Nurses. In 1955 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
Death Dame Elizabeth Cockayne died at Rushett Cottage, Littleheath Lane, Cobham, Surrey on 4 July 1988, aged 93.
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British nursing administrator
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