Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Happy Joy Smile
Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
Catalogue
- Books
Health visiting / Women Public Health Officers' Association and the Public Health Department of the Royal College of Nursing.
Date: [1962]- Books
Good nutrition for infants and pre-school children : a practical interpretation of the Department of Health's report 'Weaning and the weaning diet' / National Dairy Council, Royal College of Nursing, Health Visitors' Association.
Date: [1996]- Archives and manuscripts
Records of the Association of Queen's Nurses/Association of District Nurses
Date: 1949-1971Reference: SA/QNI/V.4Part of: Queen's Nursing Institute- Archives and manuscripts
Training and education
Date: 1924-1994Reference: SA/QNI/LPart of: Queen's Nursing Institute- Archives and manuscripts
Publications, publicity, histories
Date: 1876-1998Reference: SA/QNI/PPart of: Queen's Nursing Institute