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 child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
- Article
Children in burns prevention campaigns
Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
War Widows Association of Great Britain : member of Council of British Service and ex-Service Organisations, affiliated to National Council of Women : [introductory letter].
War Widows Association of Great Britain.Date: 1990- Journals
NCVO information service for voluntary organisations.
Date: [1980-1981]- Archives and manuscripts
"Material for Croonian Lecture"
Date: 1953Reference: PP/AWD/G/1Part of: Daley, Sir (William) Allen (1887-1969)- Journals
NCVO information service.
Date: [1981-]- Books
Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850 : voluntary, regional and comparative perspectives / edited by Donnacha Seán Lucey and Virginia Crossman.
Date: [2014]