A NURSE at a Bristol charity was chosen to be the Lamp Carrier at the Florence Nightingale Commemorative Service.
Emily Pimm qualified as a nurse in 2006 and works as a social care deputy manager at St Monica Trust’s John Wills House Care Home in Westbury-on-Trym.
She was awarded a Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholarship in 2022 and has gone on to become a co-chair for the South West’s Social Care Nurse Advisory Council.
Emily was nominated from hundreds of Florence Nightingale Scholars and is the first nurse from the adult social care sector to be chosen as the Lamp Carrier.
Emily said: “I feel very honoured to be the Lamp Carrier at the Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service and would like to thank my colleagues at the St Monica Trust for all their support. I’m so proud to represent social care nurses and to celebrate what has been an exciting and pivotal year for the care sector.
“The Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholarship and Social Care Nursing Advisory Council Programme has helped me to grow in many ways, as well as fuelling my passion to raise the voice and elevate the visibility of social care nurses.”
The commemorative service took place at Westminster Abbey, with 2,000 guests in attendance.
It is a celebration of thanks for nurses and midwives from across the UK who continue Florence Nightingale’s legacy.