Military Hospitals
Mrs Poison Dwarf was in PMRAFH Wroughton (twice) and I was in RNH Stonehouse (once).
In all three cases the staff to patient ratio was such as to make the NHS green with envy.
Agreed that Stonehouse was a bit Victorian (in fact, as I remember, it predated the Victorian era by many years, perhaps even Napoleonic) however Wroughton was one of the most tranquil places I have ever visited, it would have been an ideal recuperation centre for returning wounded, whether their injuries were physical or psychological.
In its last days, Wroughton accepted NHS patients and there was even a television item on a patient from South Wales who was being treated there, so it was a viable proposition.
The real scandal is that a significant proportion of the hospital had been refurbished immediately prior to its closure and much equipment was either sold off cheaply or left to rot.
Unfortunately it's now a conference centre!!
TPD