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Margaret Auld
Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn

[[Cardiff and Vale University Health Board |Cardiff Maternity Hospital]]
Queen Mary Hospital, Dunedin
Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion
Scottish Home and Health Department

Margaret Gibson Auld

Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
from 1977 to 1988.

Early life and education

Auld was born in

state registered nurse in 1953. She further qualified as a midwife in 1954. In 1962 she qualified with a teaching diploma in midwifery, and received her Certificate in Nursing Administration from the University of Edinburgh in 1966. In 1974 she received her MPhil from the university.[2][3][4]

Career

In her early career Auld worked at

Queen's Park Hospital (1953–54), Blackburn, as staff midwife at Cardiff Maternity Hospital in 1955 and as Sister in 1957. She then travelled to New Zealand to work as Sister at Queen Mary Hospital, Dunedin (1959–1960). She returned once again to Cardiff Maternity Hospital where she was Departmental Sister from 1960 to 1966. She then transferred to Scotland where she would remain for the rest of her life. She was Assistant Matron at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh from 1966 to 1968, and Matron from 1968 to 1973. In 1973 she became Chief Area Nursing Officer for Borders Health Board.[3]

She was appointed Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland in 1977, holding the position until 1988. As CNO she was key to the development of the Aberdeen formula, a method for calculating the number and quality of nurses required for hospital service. She supported the training and education of nurses in Scotland and made the case for them taking up senior positions in medical services. She was proud of the fact that, at that time, Scotland produced 50 per cent of nurse graduates in the UK.[2]

In her professional capacity she sat on many boards and committees including as; a member of the

Queen Margaret College (1989–2000), and as Chairperson from 1997 to 2000.[3]

Recognition

The Margaret Auld Prize at the University of Glasgow was created in 1993 in recognition of her contribution to nursing and midwifery education in Scotland. It is awarded each graduating year for the best dissertation in the university's BSc(Hons) Nursing.[5]

In 1987 she received the first Honorary Degree, a

Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh.[3][4]

She was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1981.[6]

Personal life

Auld met her lifelong companion Kay Rowe in Edinburgh in the 1960s. After her retirement Auld travelled extensively with Rowe.[4]

She was fond of animals and kept dogs.[4]

Auld died in Edinburgh on 10 September 2010. Rowe predeceased her by a few months.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8
    , retrieved 13 January 2024
  2. ^ a b "Margaret Auld: Nurse who worked tirelessly to raise the status of her". The Independent. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
    , retrieved 4 November 2019
  4. ^ a b c d e "Obtiuary: Dr Margaret Auld, nursing officer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Prizes: Margaret Auld Prize". The University of Glasgow story. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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