Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS
Contains language which may offend.
Contains discriminatory language which some viewers may find offensive.
Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health service.
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