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  • Westminster Abbey celebrates 70th anniversary of the NHS

    Thursday, 5th July 2018

    Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex attended a Service to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the NHS at Westminster Abbey on 5th July 2018.

    Special Service NHS 70th anniversary HRH The Countess of Wessex

  • One People Oration 2023

    Saturday, 28th October 2023

    One People Oration 2023:.

  • Address given at A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

    Sunday, 20th September 2020

    Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is a time for us to reflect and remember, to recall memories, to remember the sacrifices made and not least the pivotal nature of the event.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2015

    Sunday, 9th August 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 30th September 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: The Church mediates to all people, not least those who have been dealt the toughest cards. The contaminated blood scandal inquiry, which.

  • Address given at a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Westminster Hospital

    Thursday, 23rd May 2019

    We honour the men and women who have served over the years and those who continue to serve in our own day.

    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 300th anniversary

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2019

    Sunday, 8th December 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2019: "The things which matter most must never be at the mercy of the things which matter least" [Goethe] Our New Testament lesson.

  • NHS celebrates 75th anniversary

    Wednesday, 5th July 2023

    Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended a service celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 5th July 2023.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018

    Sunday, 29th April 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018: Casting out fear Rosie Keville lives with the consequences of fear. Every day Rosie is confronted by terrified young men,.

  • 33rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 24th May 2018

    Speaker: The Reverend Richard Coles FKC, Vicar of Finedon, Northamptonshire

  • Free entry to the Abbey for NHS staff as summer visiting hours are announced

    Friday, 25th June 2021

    NHS staff will be able to visit Westminster Abbey for free from July onwards. The gesture to NHS staff is an acknowledgment of all their hard work during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

  • One People Oration 2006

    Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

    Speaker: Mr Tony Colman (former Chair, UK Parliament UN Group)

  • 30th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 21st May 2015

    The Reverend Lucy Winkett asks what can the Church say about the Christian requirement for mercy as a public value? Is the quest for purity as damaging as it is noble? Do our public conversations confuse sincerity with truth? And is there any such thing as innocence?

  • 15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 4th May 2000

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.

  • Abbey turns itself NHS blue for nurses’ tribute

    Tuesday, 12th May 2020

    Westminster Abbey turned itself NHS blue and invited in a clinical research nurse to help celebrate today’s 200th anniversary of the birthday of Florence Nightingale.

    Florence Nightingale COVID-19

  • Covid vaccination centre opens in Poets' Corner

    Wednesday, 10th March 2021

    The NHS has opened a new Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Westminster Abbey.

    Coronavirus Poets' Corner

  • Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Abbey vaccine clinic

    Tuesday, 23rd March 2021

    Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have today visited the NHS Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Westminster Abbey.

  • Paul Baumann appointed Receiver General

    Thursday, 21st June 2018

    Paul Baumann CBE has been appointed the next Receiver General of Westminster Abbey. He is currently NHS England's Chief Financial Officer.

    Paul Baumann Receiver General

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  • Paul Baumann installed as Receiver General

    Monday, 14th January 2019

    Paul Baumann CBE was installed as the Receiver General and Chapter Clerk of Westminster Abbey during Evensong on Saturday 12th January 2019.

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