Tartan honouring nursing is woven with gratitude
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A tartan incorporating the colours of Scotland’s national nurse uniform has been created by nursing students and is the first of its kind to celebrate the profession.
The woven cloth features shades of blue with burgundy detail to echo the official outfits worn by NHS nurses, healthcare assistants and student nurses across the country.
The tartan was conceived by Nursing Studies students at the University, home to the UK’s first nursing degree.
The Nursing Now – Edinburgh Nursing Studies tartan symbolises identity, kinship and solidarity for nurses, according to its registration with the Scottish Register of Tartans.
Celebrating nursing
The colourful project was developed in partnership with Nursing Now – a global campaign established in 2018 to promote nursing and its vital role in improving health and transforming heathcare – and as part of the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, which was designated by the World Health Organisation in 2020 to celebrate and enhance nursing.
The tartan’s launch helps mark the first NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day, and the 73rd anniversary of the NHS.
Jamie Smith, a nurse at NHS Lothian and a PhD student at the University, and Georgia Duffy, a former student at Edinburgh and also a nurse in practice at NHS Lothian, initiated the idea for the tartan and its design.
To learn more about this project, click here.
*Images courtesy of The Nursing Tartan