Lauren Young, PhD researcher at QUB, and former UU History Master’s student, explores patient experiences of diabetes in 20th-century Northern Ireland.

Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century Belfast

Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID.  In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.