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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.

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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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Why the NHS is worth saving

In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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  • Drills and exercises : amendments (No. 1) / by command of the Army Council, the War Office.
  • Men wanted for stretcher parties : ...and they are wanted in thousands for a real man's job : apply to your local council now / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Remember our wounded boys.
  • Remember our wounded boys.
  • What do nurses say about... ...the nursing implications of nuclear war? / Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons.
  • What do nurses say about... ...the nursing implications of nuclear war? / Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons.
  • What do nurses say about... ...the nursing implications of nuclear war? / Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons.
  • What do nurses say about... ...the nursing implications of nuclear war? / Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons.
  • King George greets wounded officer.
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