Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu OM DBE FRCN
@dameeanionwu.bsky.social
Use this account please! Retired Nursing Prof. 1st UK Sickle Cell Nurse Counsellor. Irish/Nigerian. Memoirs: Dreams From My Mother. Love good craic/music. My 8 tracks for BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs 4/6/20 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jn8w
Back from Dublin after the fantastic experience of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 🇮🇪 Many, many thanks to @rcsi.bsky.social and to my lovely family and friends in the UK & Ireland who attended the event!
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Back from Dublin after the fantastic experience of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 🇮🇪 Many, many thanks to @rcsi.bsky.social and to my lovely family and friends in the UK & Ireland who attended the event!
This is an illustration done for a session I did for NHSE London Region & it put a HUGE smile on my face. Somebody’s definitely read my memoirs. 😉 🙏🏽
The white boots that I adored and wore in the late 1960s.
My beloved scooter that I rode one holiday all the way from London to Paris & back again…!😳
The white boots that I adored and wore in the late 1960s.
My beloved scooter that I rode one holiday all the way from London to Paris & back again…!😳
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is an illustration done for a session I did for NHSE London Region & it put a HUGE smile on my face. Somebody’s definitely read my memoirs. 😉 🙏🏽
The white boots that I adored and wore in the late 1960s.
My beloved scooter that I rode one holiday all the way from London to Paris & back again…!😳
The white boots that I adored and wore in the late 1960s.
My beloved scooter that I rode one holiday all the way from London to Paris & back again…!😳
This amazing memoir by Stella Dadzie is called ‘A Whole Heap of Mixed Up’.
Lola Olufemi writes that it is “a stunning insight into the synthesis of creativity and political analysis that has defined Stella Dadzie’s contribution to Black Feminist thought in the United Kingdom.”
Lola Olufemi writes that it is “a stunning insight into the synthesis of creativity and political analysis that has defined Stella Dadzie’s contribution to Black Feminist thought in the United Kingdom.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This amazing memoir by Stella Dadzie is called ‘A Whole Heap of Mixed Up’.
Lola Olufemi writes that it is “a stunning insight into the synthesis of creativity and political analysis that has defined Stella Dadzie’s contribution to Black Feminist thought in the United Kingdom.”
Lola Olufemi writes that it is “a stunning insight into the synthesis of creativity and political analysis that has defined Stella Dadzie’s contribution to Black Feminist thought in the United Kingdom.”
Hello Paul, I’m thoroughly enjoying listening to you reading your brilliant memoir ‘One Sinha Lifetime’. Will always remember having a great chat with you back in 2018 after the British Journal of Nursing Awards. You had compèred the event and were absolutely hilarious!
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hello Paul, I’m thoroughly enjoying listening to you reading your brilliant memoir ‘One Sinha Lifetime’. Will always remember having a great chat with you back in 2018 after the British Journal of Nursing Awards. You had compèred the event and were absolutely hilarious!
Had such an enjoyable time yesterday at a Black Womens Writers’ Workshop. Many thanks for the invite from the organisers Juliet Alexander & Marcia Farquharson. Juliet discussed with me the process of writing ✍🏽 my memoirs ‘Dreams From My Mother’. The participants were fantastic. 🙏🏽
September 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Had such an enjoyable time yesterday at a Black Womens Writers’ Workshop. Many thanks for the invite from the organisers Juliet Alexander & Marcia Farquharson. Juliet discussed with me the process of writing ✍🏽 my memoirs ‘Dreams From My Mother’. The participants were fantastic. 🙏🏽
Fantastic to have spent some time with my gorgeous daughter and granddaughter over the August Bank Holiday! The latter took this photo of me during her stay. 🥰
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fantastic to have spent some time with my gorgeous daughter and granddaughter over the August Bank Holiday! The latter took this photo of me during her stay. 🥰
Exactly 9 years ago today this stunning statue of Mary Seacole, by sculptor Martin Jennings, was unveiled at St Thomas’ Hospital.
June 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Exactly 9 years ago today this stunning statue of Mary Seacole, by sculptor Martin Jennings, was unveiled at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Birthday Honours🎖️ Many congratulations to DAME Jane Lovely (Cummings) @janelovely.bsky.social
and Professor Calvin Moorley OBE!
@calvinmoorley.bsky.social
and Professor Calvin Moorley OBE!
@calvinmoorley.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Birthday Honours🎖️ Many congratulations to DAME Jane Lovely (Cummings) @janelovely.bsky.social
and Professor Calvin Moorley OBE!
@calvinmoorley.bsky.social
and Professor Calvin Moorley OBE!
@calvinmoorley.bsky.social
Very sad to hear about the death of the incredible Professor Sir Geoff Palmer. Rest In Peace dear friend.
June 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Very sad to hear about the death of the incredible Professor Sir Geoff Palmer. Rest In Peace dear friend.
Beautiful singing by these young Igbo children.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Beautiful singing by these young Igbo children.
On This Day:
Mary Seacole died on the 14th May 1881 in London.
The Jamaican/Scottish Crimean War nurse had suffered a stroke. She requested to be buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, 679-681 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5NU. Her memorial statue is located at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Mary Seacole died on the 14th May 1881 in London.
The Jamaican/Scottish Crimean War nurse had suffered a stroke. She requested to be buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, 679-681 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5NU. Her memorial statue is located at St Thomas’ Hospital.
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On This Day:
Mary Seacole died on the 14th May 1881 in London.
The Jamaican/Scottish Crimean War nurse had suffered a stroke. She requested to be buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, 679-681 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5NU. Her memorial statue is located at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Mary Seacole died on the 14th May 1881 in London.
The Jamaican/Scottish Crimean War nurse had suffered a stroke. She requested to be buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, 679-681 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5NU. Her memorial statue is located at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Honoured to have been invited to take part in the House of Lords Speaker’s Lecture series. Left to right: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock FRCN, Lord Speaker Baron McFall of Alcluith PC, my guest Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim and my good friend Baron Simon Woolley of Woodford.
April 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Honoured to have been invited to take part in the House of Lords Speaker’s Lecture series. Left to right: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock FRCN, Lord Speaker Baron McFall of Alcluith PC, my guest Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim and my good friend Baron Simon Woolley of Woodford.
Delighted to manage a slow and gentle walk in the sun despite an iffy hip.
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Delighted to manage a slow and gentle walk in the sun despite an iffy hip.
Thinking about my lovely mother today. 💕
#MothersDay
#MothersDay
March 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Thinking about my lovely mother today. 💕
#MothersDay
#MothersDay
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all my Irish family and friends! ☘️🇮🇪
March 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all my Irish family and friends! ☘️🇮🇪
What an honour! I was invited to formerly open the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Simulation Ward today at South Bank University Sixth Form. Thank you so much to all the staff and students for such a warm welcome.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What an honour! I was invited to formerly open the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Simulation Ward today at South Bank University Sixth Form. Thank you so much to all the staff and students for such a warm welcome.
8 years ago today.
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II and becoming Dame Elizabeth!
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II and becoming Dame Elizabeth!
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
8 years ago today.
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II and becoming Dame Elizabeth!
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II and becoming Dame Elizabeth!
Out and about despite hip issues.
February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Out and about despite hip issues.
Walking not so straightforward at the moment due to a painful hip but made easier in the sunny, if somewhat chilly weather.
February 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Walking not so straightforward at the moment due to a painful hip but made easier in the sunny, if somewhat chilly weather.
Great news from Stratford East theatre about the casting of the prize winning play by my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social
#TheWomenOfLlanrumney
#TheWomenOfLlanrumney
January 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Great news from Stratford East theatre about the casting of the prize winning play by my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social
#TheWomenOfLlanrumney
#TheWomenOfLlanrumney
Enjoying walking on this crisp and frosty morning.
January 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Enjoying walking on this crisp and frosty morning.
All the very best to everyone for 2025 and here’s hoping that it turns out to be a great year for you!
December 31, 2024 at 4:24 PM
All the very best to everyone for 2025 and here’s hoping that it turns out to be a great year for you!
Huge congratulations on the award of an MBE to Matty Asante-Owusu, Sickle Cell Community Matron, Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre, Whittington Health NH Trust. Incredibly well deserved and her patients will be over the moon!
December 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Huge congratulations on the award of an MBE to Matty Asante-Owusu, Sickle Cell Community Matron, Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre, Whittington Health NH Trust. Incredibly well deserved and her patients will be over the moon!