Stories
- Article
Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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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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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.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
- Journals
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BMJ : British medical journal / British Medical Association.
Date: 1988-- Archives and manuscripts
"British Medical Association"
Date: April 1989-August 1993Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/35Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
British Medical Association
Date: 1976-1983Reference: SA/ASH/J/13/1Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
British Medical Association
Date: 1982-1985Reference: SA/ASH/J/13/2Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
British Medical Association
Date: 1985-1988Reference: SA/ASH/J/13/3Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)