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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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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.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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  • Recommended standards for NHS HIV services : endorsed by Department of Health, British HIV Association, National Association of NHS Providers of AIDS Care and Treatment for Medical Foundation & Sexual Health, a charity supported by the British Medical Association.
  • World War One: Indian soldiers with bandaged hands are cared for by British military medics. Photograph by Alfieri, 1914/1918.
  • Wounded patients lying on stretchers at a dressing station on board H.M.S. Erebus, Monitor, Russia. Glass negative, ca. 1919.
  • Ethnographic collection: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
  • Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
  • Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
  • Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
  • Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
  • Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
  • Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, as a doctor admitting that he mislabelled medicine bottles; referring to misgovernment of Ireland and Scotland. Pencil drawing, ca. 180-.
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