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
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.
- Article
Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
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- Archives and manuscripts
Nurses: their education and their role in health programmes', memorandum prepared for the National Council of Nurses of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the World Health Assembly
Date: 1955Reference: SA/QNI/P.1/11Part of: Queen's Nursing Institute- Archives and manuscripts
Communist Party of Great Britain
Date: October 1972Reference: SA/DRS/B/1/96aPart of: DrugScope- Books
Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain, 2004 / authors: Hazel Green [and others].
Date: 2005- Ephemera
- Online
Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
Date: [1988?]