Worshipful Company of Nurses

"Guild of Nurses" redirects here. For the organisation set up by the National Union of County Officers in 1937, see Hospital and Welfare Services Union.

The Worshipful Company of Nurses is a livery company in the City of London.

It was founded as the Guild of Nurses and was approved for formation as a guild by the Court of Aldermen of the City of London on 9 February 2016. It was formed to represent the nursing profession.[1] A guild is the beginning of a process towards forming a livery company.[2]

In 2020 the Guild became a company without livery,[3] and in May 2023, the Worshipful Company of Nurses was granted Livery by the Court of Aldermen.[4]

The Company ranks 111th in the order of precedence for Livery Companies.

  1. ^ "The Guild of Nursing" (PDF). Livery Briefing. February 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "New Guilds & Modern Companies | Livery Companies of the City of London". www.liverycompanies.info. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ Stephenson, Jo (13 May 2020). "Nursing profession accepted into 'ancient' livery movement". Nursing Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ford, Steve (16 May 2023). "Nursing group receives prestigious livery company status". Nursing Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.