The men of the League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital have dressed up in nurses’ uniforms for 20 years to raise money for improved medical facilitiesHospital bosses have turned down a £2,500 donation from a group of men who dress as nurses for an annual charity event, claiming their behaviour is sexualised and demeaning. For the past 20 years the men have gone through the streets of Ludlow dressed in blue and white nurses’ uniforms and armed with buckets for collections. Each year, they have raised between £2,500 to £6,000 for Ludlow Hospital. This year Jan Ditheridge, the chief executive of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, and Mike Ridley, the chairman, told the League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital that their money from the event is not wanted. “The presentation of men dressed as female nurses in a highly sexualised and demeaning, very outdated and insulting to the profession,” Ms…

Source: The Times August 22, 2017 15:56 UTC