Stories
- 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.
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- Article
Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
National Childbirth Trust of Great Britain: I 1958
Date: 1958Reference: PP/GDR/D/248Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
National Childbirth Trust of Great Britain: II 1959
Date: 1959Reference: PP/GDR/D/249Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
National Childbirth Trust of Great Britain
Date: 1958-1959Reference: PP/GDR/D/248-249Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Variety Club of Great Britain
Date: Jul 1962-Dec 1964Reference: SA/NBT/M.7/2Part of: National Birthday Trust Fund- Archives and manuscripts
Joanna Moorhead, New Generations: 40 years of birth in Britain
Date: 1996Reference: SA/NCT/H/3/3Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)