Pat Ashworth SRN, SCM, (1930 – 26 January 2023) was a British nursing sister who specialised in

intensive care Intensive care medicine, usually called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes p ...

. Ashworth qualified at Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Jessop Hospital and Nether Edge Hospital. Ashworth worked in a number of nursing roles until 1973, then a Department of Health and Social Security fellowship until 1976, followed by a joint clinical/academic post at Manchester Royal Infirmary and the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

until 1979. Ashworth was Manchester's research programme manager at their WHO collaborating centre for nursing from 1979 to 1985; then a senior lecturer in nursing at the

University of Ulster Ulster University (; Ulster Scots: or ), legally the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public research university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It i ...

from 1985 to 1990. Ashworth served as founding editor of the journal ''Intensive Care Nursing'' (later ') from 1985 to 2000. In 1979 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing. Ashworth died in

Portstewart Portstewart () is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 7,854 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census. It is a seaside resort, neighbouring both Coleraine in County Londonderry and Portrush in Cou ...

, Northern Ireland on 26 January 2023.

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* 1930 births 2023 deaths Place of birth missing British nurses English nurses Academics of the University of Manchester Academics of Ulster University Fellows of the Royal College of Nursing Fellows of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland British midwives {{UK-med-bio-stub