Stories
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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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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
Catalogue
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Memorandum by the Director-General, Army Medical Service, on the transmission of enteric fever by the "chronic carrier" / Army.
Great Britain. Army.Date: 1909- Books
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The calendar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 1912.
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.Date: 1912- Books
Interim report on the future provision of medical and allied services / Consultative Council on Medical and Allied Services.
Date: 1920- Books
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Second report by the Director-General, Army Medical Service, on the transmission of enteric fever by the "chronic carrier" : in continuation of Command paper, no.4,609 / Army.
Great Britain. Army.Date: 1909- Archives and manuscripts
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Duplicated report on the War Office exercise "Medical Britannia", simulating a nuclear attack on Great Britain
Date: 1949Reference: RAMC/1167Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection