Stories
- Article
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.
- Photo story
Obesity and Britain’s boys
Six young men and six experiences of being overweight. Find out how these boys and their loved ones feel about this stigmatising issue.
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
- In pictures
The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women
Isolated housewives, lonely female office workers: while the 1950s saw the birth of a general concern about them, manufacturers also spotted an opportunity. Find out how advertising promised that products could salve solitude.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Chapter 45. M. M. Glatt, 'The Alcoholic Problem in Great Britain - Recent Developments'
Date: 1968Reference: MS.7913/47Part of: The Expanding Field of Mental Health in England and Wales, 50 years of progress, 1918-1968- Videos
Health - who cares?.
Date: [date of publication not identified]
- Ephemera
- Online
The War Widows Association of Great Britain [sticker].
War Widows Association of Great Britain.Date: [1992?]- Archives and manuscripts
Robins - Rosenbloom
Date: c.1940-1974Reference: PP/MLV/C/18/5Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
ECHS - European Collaborative Hospitals/Health Service Study
European Collaborative Hospitals/Health Service StudyDate: 1980-1995Reference: GC/191