Hospitals, medical pioneers and the nursing contribution
Antiseptic qualities of sphagnum moss helped save many lives
Providing remedial care for TB sufferers
Where 56,800 disabled soldiers were treated
The forgotten patients of the Exminster asylum
Campaigning to care for disabled servicemen
Meeting the demand for medical officers in Lancashire
An exclusive interview with a dynamic war veteran
Where thousands of returning servicemen were treated for injuries
Where the vicar’s daughter could contribute to the war effort
The only surviving WW1 home for disabled soldiers in East Lancashire
Where soldiers with terrible facial injuries received pioneering reconstructive surgery
The generous lengths nurses would go to look after their patients
‘The Ration’ gives an insight into hospital life through jokes, stories and sketches
When requisitioned the staff had a few weeks to relocate patients or send them home
Medical and social care before the welfare state
The Great Northern Railway converted nine of its carriages into an ambulance train.
The Countess who donned a nurses uniform and set up a hospital for soldiers
The Royal Pavilion became a media spectacle during WW1
A thunderstorm proves shell shock to be a psychological condition not cowardice
Treating a condition that was in its prime of being acknowledged
The Singer mansion that became an opulent war hospital
A place to recuperate and relax before returning to the rigours of the front line
Where specialists in mental healthcare came together to treat a new condition
One of the most remarkable hospitals of World War One was run by militant suffragists