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.
- 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.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Book extract
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.
Catalogue
- Journals
The British journal of delinquency : the official organ of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency.
Date: [1950-1960]- Archives and manuscripts
Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency
Date: 1970Reference: SA/DRS/B/1/14Part of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency
Date: 1961-1972Reference: GC/162/D/1-3Part of: Willison, Philip- Archives and manuscripts
Institute for the Scientific Treatment of Delinquency
Date: 1935-1937Reference: PENROSE/2/5/7/5Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Chapter 55. Marjorie E. Franklin, 'The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency'
Date: 1968Reference: MS.7913/57Part of: The Expanding Field of Mental Health in England and Wales, 50 years of progress, 1918-1968