WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Betty Pankhurst Cook

Born Christchurch 19 Dec 1915 — Died Hamilton 22 Dec 2000

Educated at Wellington High School, where she was Head Girl

Trained at Wellington Hospital, graduating in 1944

Staff Nurse, Wellington Hospital 1944–45

Maternity training at Whangarei; midwifery training in Auckland; Plunket training in Dunedin

PG Diploma in Nursing (Wellington) 1956

Tutor Sister, Wellington Hospital 1945–1950

Sister-in-Charge, Maternity Wards, Wellington Hospital 1951–1956

Studied hospital management for three months in England, 1956

Deputy Matron-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital 1957–1964

Matron-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1964–1969

Married Allan Hill Newton on 13 Dec 1969

The Archives

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• 1. Wellington Public Hospital History▼
  • The Thorndon Hospitals
  • The first Newtown Hospital
  • Early expansion 1888 – 1910▼
    • 1901 – 1906
    • 1907 – 1910
  • The Children’s Hospital
  • Additions 1913 – 1939
  • Additions 1940 – 1960▼
    • The Centenary Block
    • The Hospital Post Office
    • The Hospital in the 1950s
  • Rebuild 1967 – 1980
  • Additions 1981 – 2000
  • New Regional Hospital
  • A new Children’s Hospital
• 2. The Early Staff of the Hospital
• 3. Nursing Administration▼
  • Nurses 1880-1920▼
    • Mary Anne Baillie
    • Elizabeth Hermansen
    • Mrs Johanne M Thorpe
    • Mrs Bernard Moore
    • Ellen Dougherty
    • Augusta Godfrey
    • Mary E Kissling
    • Frances K Payne
    • Ellen Mary Pettit
    • Kate Marsden
    • Elizabeth Katherine Berry
    • Edith Crerar
    • Sarah Jane Hetherington ARRC
    • Elizabeth Williamina Inglis Stott
    • Jean Todd
    • Maggie Preston
  • Nurses 1921 – 1960▼
    • Edith P Tennent
    • Gertrude S Lampp
    • Agnes Milne
    • Althea H Cookson
    • Florence E Hart
    • Blanche L Clark
    • Susan Milne
    • Noeline M Knight
    • Muriel E Tattersall
    • Kathleen G Hausmann
    • Doris Brown
    • Jessie I Martin
    • Irene Tolerton
  • Nurses 1961 – 1988▼
    • Betty P Cook
    • Barbara J E Hough
    • Mavis H Paton
    • Gloria A Grattan
    • Elaine Whiteman
    • Barbara G Shadbolt
    • Maureen Corry
    • Assistant Principal Nurses
  • Nurses 1989 –▼
    • Sheila Mahony
    • Anita Bamford-Wade
    • Cheyne Chalmers
    • Kerrie Hayes
    • Andrea McCance
    • Emma Hickson. 2019 – 2020
    • Associate Directors of Nursing
• 4. Educating Nurses at Wellington Hospital▼
  • Timeline▼
    • In the beginning
    • 1884 – 1901
    • 1902 – 1927
  • Student nurses▼
    • Recruitment and Selection
    • Demographics
    • Rules and Regulations
    • Wastage
    • Health and Sickness
    • Nurses’ Accommodation
    • Graduation and other Class Photographs▼
      • pre 1902
      • 1902 – 1929
      • 1930’s
      • 1940’s
      • 1950s
      • 1960s
      • 1970s
      • 1980s
    • Personal recollections
    • Miscellaneous photographs
  • Nursing Aides, Community Nurses, Enrolled Nurses
  • Male Nurses
  • Tutors▼
    • Tutor training
    • Medical staff
  • Teaching facilities▼
    • Clinical experience
  • The move to close hospital-based nursing schools
  • Sources / acknowledgements
• 5. Cardiology at Wellington Hospital▼
  • Overview▼
    • 1926 – 1952
    • 1953 – 1966
    • 1967 – 1985
    • 1986 – 2000
    • 2001 – 2012
  • Services▼
    • In-patient Services
    • Out-patient Services
    • Out-reach Services
  • History of Key Investigations▼
    • Electrocardiography
    • Cardiac Radiology