 During the war the group set up an employment register so that the jobs of those who were serving could be filled.The NUWSS financed women's hospital units employing only female doctors and nurses that served during World War I in France, such as the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH).The NUWSS supported the women's suffrage bill agreed by a speakers conference even though it did not grant the equal suffrage for which the organisation had campaigned.