'Remarkable' Nurse saluted for 40 years on the wards at the BRI

A BRISTOL nurse has celebrated 40 years in the same role as a ward sister at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

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Chris Oram first qualified as a nurse in 1979, and worked at the Bristol General Hospital, before working her way up to the role of sister.

Chris, 67, was then transferred to the BRI, working in the Old Building, then King Edward VII building, before moving to the Queens building where she ran the stroke unit for 22 years. The speciality of the ward changed to general medicine two years ago and is now based on ward A528. Chris has remained a ward sister since 1985 as the hospital, and the ward, has changed around her.

Chris said: “The role has changed hugely since I started. It used to be purely clinical and now we are more closely involved in the management side. But I still get to be on the ward, staying clinical is very important to me.”