Stories
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health
As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
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Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
Date: Cats Protection League,- Books
Black Lives Matter : comics from Portland's protests / by Sarah Mirk.
Mirk, SarahDate: 2020- Pictures
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A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: one nurse checks a patient's temperature, a second washes a black man's face. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
Ibels, Louise Catherine, 1891-1965.Date: 1916Reference: 24102i- Pictures
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A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients receiving women visitors, but a black soldier has no visitor. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
Ibels, Louise Catherine, 1891-1965.Date: 1916Reference: 24115i- Books
Multi-racial initiatives in maternity care : a directory of projects for black and ethnic minority women / [researched and written by Asma Ahmed and Maggie Pearson (Centre for Ethnic Minorities Health Studies) and edited by Ruth Evans (Maternity Alliance).].
Ahmed, AsmaDate: 1985