Rosalie Dreyer was a Swiss-born naturalised British nurse and administrator.
19 Facts About Rosalie Dreyer
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Rosalie Dreyer was born on 3 September 1895 in Bern, Switzerland to Elisabeth and Johann Dreyer.
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Rosalie Dreyer was the oldest of four daughters and her father managed a dairy co-operative.
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Rosalie Dreyer entered nurse training in 1918 at Guy's Hospital of London and earned her state registration certificate in 1922.
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Rosalie Dreyer worked for a year as private nurse before returning to Switzerland in 1923 to work at the Rollier Clinic, a tubercular hospital in Leysin.
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Rosalie Dreyer returned to England in 1924 and resumed work at Guy's Hospital, qualifying as a midwife in 1926 and working in a number of staff nurse and sister posts.
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In 1934 Rosalie Dreyer was appointed matron for Bethnal Green Hospital, a municipal hospital under the administrated of the London County Council.
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Rosalie Dreyer was appointed a principal matron in 1935 under Dorothy Bannon, Matron-in-Chief for all LCC municipal hospitals.
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On Bannon's death in 1940, Rosalie Dreyer was made Matron in Chief.
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Rosalie Dreyer was instrumental in improving the training for nurses in the hospitals and improving recruitment of nurses through creating part-time jobs and employing married women.
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At the outbreak of World War II in 1940, Rosalie Dreyer was promoted to principal matron in charge as the LCC hospital and district medical services were mobilised to receive civilians wounded in air raids.
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Rosalie Dreyer was instrumental in assessing the damage and organising evacuations of patients, staff and services and their return.
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Rosalie Dreyer introduced training for assistant nurses into LCC hospitals in 1942 on the model recommended by the Horder Committee.
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Rosalie Dreyer remained in the LCC as Chief Nursing Officer of the domiciliary and nursing services, losing her involvement with the hospitals.
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Rosalie Dreyer was the first president of the National Association of State Enrolled Nurses from 1954.
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Rosalie Dreyer continued her senior level involvement with London NHS hospitals through appointments to their boards of management: South West Middlesex Hospital ; Stepney Hospital ; Lewisham Hospital.
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Rosalie Dreyer was a governor of the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
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Rosalie Dreyer died from a brain tumor on 21 May 1987 at her home in Wimbledon, London.
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Rosalie Dreyer is noted, along with her predecessor, Bannon, as a pioneer in creating the public-funded nursing service in Britain.