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Nurse retires after nearly 40 years at Northampton hospital

Leading nurse and midwife Valerie McGurk, a 2002 Nurse Awards commendee, will fundraise for Cancer Research UK in her retirement.
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- @Matthew_MckewNS
Posted 12 September 2017 - 11:05
 
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