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Purging to personal care: the Warneford at 200

Lilley Mitchell looks into how mental health care has changed since Oxford’s Warneford Hospital opened in 1826.
Photo Credit: Oxfordshire History Centre

Lilley Mitchell looks into the oldest serving psychiatric unit in England.
Warning: contains references to suicide and mental health issues.

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Photo Credit: Oxfordshire History Centre

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