The Light Clock at Royal Derby Hospital, photographed on 17 July 2014. The three metre tall sculpture sits atop a seven metre column and was designed by world renowned clockmakers, Smiths of Derby. Smiths were commissioned by Derby NHS Hospital Trust to design, fabricate and install a landmark pedestal clock as part of their £334 million development. With care at the heart of the NHS and with the history of Derby, they created a clock that symbolised both aspects.
Florence Nightingale is famous worldwide as the Lady with the Lamp. She is also famous in Derby after her correspondence with Dr William Ogle of Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in 1860, when it was decided to rebuild the hospital along the lines suggested by her to reduce mortality rates.