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.
- 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
NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
Catalogue
- Books
Report of the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act.
Great Britain. Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act.Date: [1974]- Archives and manuscripts
CO-ORD: Co-ordinating Campaign for the Defence of the 1967 Abortion Act
CO-ORD: Co-ordinating Campaign for the Defence of the 1967 Abortion ActDate: 1976-1998Reference: SA/CCD- Videos
NHS : The perfect storm. A Panorama special.
Date: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
ECHS - European Collaborative Hospitals/Health Service Study
European Collaborative Hospitals/Health Service StudyDate: 1980-1995Reference: GC/191- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Abortion Reprints: United Kingdom
Date: 1971-1976Reference: SA/ALR/D.29Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association