Working on the Frontline | Book Design
Freelance Project
In July 2023, the UK celebrated the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service. However, what was a landmark for Britain's most cherished institution was somewhat overlooked as the NHS reeled from crisis to crisis. A public service that was founded on the principle of free at the point of need was struggling to cope with the aftermath of Covid, a crippling lack of investment in its infrastucture and plummeting morale amongst its health professionals.
Realising the need to record these events for posterity was Hannah Deller, uniquely placed as a matron in a major London hospital who had been a professional photographer before training as a nurse. Hannah's mission was to document not just what was happening in the wards she was responsible for but also what was happening outside of the hospital. Working on the Frontline is her remarkable record of events since the March 2020 first lockdown.
