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'''Sir George Castledine, [[Royal College of Nursing|FRCN]]''' is a British nursing educator and nursing consultant. He won a scholarship to [[Oxford University]], later attending [[Liverpool University]]. He worked as a staff nurse before relocating to the Manchester Royal Infirmary to be charge nurse in a trauma unit as well as lecturer. He is a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Nursing]] (RCN) since 1980.<ref name="scandal">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384323/Knighted-male-nurse-sacked-sexual-relationship-85-year-old-female-patient.html|title=Male nurse given knighthood sacked for 'sexual relationship with 85-year-old female patient'|author=Ryan Kisiel|date=6 May 2011|publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd.|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>
 
He later moved to [[Wrexham, Wales]], setting up the first nursing degree course linked to Cardiff Medical School, and where: he established the Department of Nursing at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, fornow the[[Glyndŵr Department of NursingUniversity]]. He later moved to [[Birmingham]] as Assistant Dean and Professor of Nursing/Community Health at the [[University of Central England]] (now known as [[Birmingham City University]]).<ref>[http://www.britishjournalofnursing.com/teams.shtml ''British Journal of Nursing'' excerpt]</ref>
 
He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] for his services to the health care profession in 2007, only the second male nurse ever to receive a knighthood. (The first was [[Jonathan Asbridge]] in 2006.)<ref>[http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/tm_headline=knighthoods-for-scott-lee-and-castledine&method=full&objectid=19304013&siteid=50002-name_page.html Notice of knighthood for Professor George Castledine in ''The Birmingham Post'']</ref>