BBC Documentaries

BBC Documentaries

Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS (2016x351)


: 24, 2016

Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health service. It's a tale of a struggle to overcome racism, their fight for career progression and their battle for national recognition.

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