Winter pressures are mounting on the NHS. Several hospital trusts have declared critical incidents in recent days and the ...

The harsh regime of workhouses is something we associate with Victorian times. But the shocking truth about the buildings is that they continued to house families well into the 20th Century.

At a site that was once a Victorian workhouse in England, more than 4,500 unmarked graves were found. Most of the remains belong to the impoverished citizens of Bristol, who lived in filthy ...

Liz Shearer described the conditions at Macclesfield District General Hospital as being like a "Victorian workhouse". We've now heard back from East Cheshire NHS Trust, which manages the hospital ...