History GCSE Paper 2 (Nursing) Nightingale and Seacole

During the Crimean War, newspaper reporter sent regular reports back to Britian about the terrible conditions in the army hospitals. Many soldiers were dying because of dirt and a lack of good nursing.

Florence Nightingale was asked by the government to lead a group of trained nurses to the Crimea to try adn improve conditions in the army hospitals. Within 6 months Nightingale and her team were able to reduce death rates at Scutari hospital from 40% to 2…