Sheila Quinn

Dame Sheila Margaret Imelda Quinn,

From 1961 to 1970, Quinn served on the administrative staff of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), of which she was executive director from 1967 to 1970. She was an ICN representative to the International Labour Organization.

She also acted as a consultant to the World Health Organization. Throughout her career, she was chief nursing officer (CNO) to the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, regional nursing officer (RNO) for the Wessex Regional Health Authority, and chief nursing advisor for the British Red Cross. ^{[citation needed]}

She was appointed

She helped found The Brendoncare Foundation for Total Care of the Elderly in the mid-1980s.[5]

The Quinn Centre, which was named in her honour, was established in 2002 to respond to the training and information needs of the domiciliary care sector. ^{[citation needed]}

Death

She died on December 8, 2016, at the age of 96^[6] at Southampton General hospital.^[7][3]

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