Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff
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The Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 30 July 1979 – 13 May 2012 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 1 April 1926 Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Died | 13 May 2012 (aged 86) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Jean Kennedy McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, FRCN, MCSP (1 April 1926 – 13 May 2012),[1] was a British nurse and member of the House of Lords.
Biography
[edit]McFarlane was born in Cardiff, Wales, and later trained as a nurse, a midwife, and as a health visitor before going on to pursue a successful career in nursing teaching and administration. She studied sociology at Bedford College, London.[2] In the 1960s she participated in the Royal College of Nursing research programme "Study of Nursing Care". In 1974 she became the holder of the first Chair of Nursing at an English university (the University of Manchester) and held it until 1989.
McFarlane served on the Royal Commission on the National Health Service, 1976–79 (Chairman: Sir Alec Merrison).[3]
A committed Christian, she served as a member of the general synod of the Church of England 1990–1994.[4]
House of Lords
[edit]McFarlane was created a life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, of Llandaff in the County of South Glamorgan on 30 July 1979,[5] in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
McFarlane was a member of four select committees of the House of Lords. As well as being a Vice President of the League of Nurses of St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1976 she was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing.[6] She was a trustee of numerous charities. In 2005, she was awarded the British Journal of Nursing's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Legacy
[edit]In 2009, a new building of the University of Manchester was named the Jean McFarlane Building. It is situated to the east of University Place and is one of many completed in recent years.[7][8]
Publications
[edit]Baroness McFarlane was the author of a number of studies, notably A Guide to the Practice of Nursing Using the Nursing Process, 1982.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Minutes of Proceedings, House of Lords". 14 May 2012.
- ^ Hardy, Susan and Corones, Anthony, "The Nurse's Uniform as Ethopoietic Fashion", Fashion Theory, Vol.21, No.5. (2015), pp. 523–552. doi=10.1080/1362704X.2016.1203090
- ^ "Royal Commission papers". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Lady McFarlane of Llandaff". the Guardian. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "No. 47918". The London Gazette. 2 August 1979. p. 9797.
- ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ UniLife; 1 June 2009, p. 4
- ^ "Jean McFarlane Building". University of Manchester. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Writings by Jean McFarlane". Copac. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- 1926 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Cardiff
- Academics of the University of Manchester
- Welsh nurses
- British non-fiction writers
- Crossbench life peers
- Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
- Life peers created by Elizabeth II
- People educated at Howell's School, Llandaff
- Fellows of the Royal College of Nursing
- British nurses