Stories
- Article
How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Archives and manuscripts
Women's Health Library: archive
Women's Health Library (1988-2006)Date: 1953-2006Reference: SA/WHL- Books
Divided : racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare / Annabel Sowemimo.
Sowemimo, AnnabelDate: 2023- Videos
- Online
The evolution of community medicine. Part 5, The poor law and the national health.
Date: 1984- Books
Bearing witness : gay men's health crisis and the politics of AIDS / Philip M. Kayal.
Kayal, Philip M., 1943-Date: 2019