District Nursing story on BBC Woman's Hour

One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is the BBC's Woman's Hour. It is a news, culture and politics radio show that gives me a quick and balanced taste of the female/feminist view of important issues.

This morning, whilst doing my dishes before heading off to the library, I listened to Tuesday's programme which included a lovely story about the history of District Nursing, now termed Community Nursing in the UK. Many first-hand accounts from district nurses and people whose lives have been affected by them were included, along with a discussion of the future of the service in the UK.

The next story discussed two British women, Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm who provided front-line nursing and ambulance care in Belgium during the First World War.

To listen to these stories, I usually download the podcast directly to my iPod Touch using iTunes but you can also listen again to the programme for 7 days after the initial airing via the this link on the Woman's Hour website.