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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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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.

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Vaccinating a community, saving lives

Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.

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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.

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  • Progress without pain : real medical progress / The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Progress without pain : real medical progress / The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Progress without pain : real medical progress / The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Progress without pain : real medical progress / The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Community medicine symposium on HIV infection / organised by: the Faculty of Community Medicine, The British Association of Community Physicians, The PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
  • This is Billy : his owner stuffed him into a plastic bag and threw him out with the rubbish / RSPCA.
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  • This is Billy : his owner stuffed him into a plastic bag and threw him out with the rubbish / RSPCA.
  • This is Billy : his owner stuffed him into a plastic bag and threw him out with the rubbish / RSPCA.
  • This is Billy : his owner stuffed him into a plastic bag and threw him out with the rubbish / RSPCA.
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