Cottage Hospitals developed in the second half of the 19th century. They were made possible and successful by international developments in hospital treatment: the use of anaesthetics in surgery from 1845; higher standards of nursing care under the guidance of Florence Nightingale, particularly after the opening of the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St … click to read more

The hospital at Halwill Junction is the best preserved and, designed by C F A Voysey, architecturally, by far the finest example of a Victorian Cottage Hospital in England. A Brief History Originating as a late Victorian Cottage Hospital the Winsford Centre is part of an important strand in the history of health care provision, … click to read more