Two years ago respectable matrons risked prison to stop veal calves being sent to Belgium.
For the matrons of New York's Madison Avenue, Saturday afternoon at the auction house replaced the Broadway matinee.
He reiterated earlier commitments to recruit 3, 000 community matrons to help with the care of people with chronic conditions.
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Administrative and clerical staff, as well as medical secretaries and senior nurses and matrons, are facing compulsory redundancy, the trust confirmed.
In each hospital, Matrons and nurses will be empowered and encouraged to use their expertise to fight infection on the front line.
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Both the need and desire to celebrate our matrons make Mother's Day the third-largest spending holiday of the year, behind the winter holidays and Valentine's Day.
Health minister Ann Keen said it was clear working in the health service was a "rewarding career" as many more nurses, matrons, consultants and GPs were now being employed.
As the authorities in Tokyo see it, the arrival of the Japanese matrons (who range in age from 55 to 84) is only the first of many such visits.
New York City school bus union leaders voted Friday to end a nearly monthlong strike, sending more than 8, 000 drivers, matrons and mechanics back to work apparently without achieving their goals.
Their regular bus drivers and matrons, many of whom have training for such students and know their passengers' particular needs, are walking the picket lines to try to save job protections in their contracts with private companies.
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