From open air to high tech care: orthopaedic nursing at Oswestry, 1921-2000.
A previous article in the September/October 2000 issue of Orthopaedic Nursing outlined the early career of Agnes Hunt, the opening of the Baschurch Home on October 1, 1900, and its evolution into an orthopaedic hospital. This article describes the development of the hospital on its new site near Oswestry, from 1921 to the present day. It describes the further development of orthopaedic nursing and orthopaedics through the war years and up to the present day.
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Institute of Orthopaedics, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital NHS Trust, Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom. mcarter@ortholib.demon.co.uk
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom