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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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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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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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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.

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  • War Widows Association of Great Britain : member of Council of British Service and ex-Service Organisations, affiliated to National Council of Women [letterhead].
  • War Widows Association of Great Britain : member of Council of British Service and ex-Service Organisations, affiliated to National Council of Women : [introductory letter].
  • War Widows Association of Great Britain : member of Council of British Service and ex-Service Organisations, affiliated to National Council of Women : [introductory letter].
  • The Falklands '82 Event : "Tenth anniversary" airshow & family fun day out (full of shows, displays, entertainment, information and relaxation) : Sunday 13th september 1992, the Herts Showground, Redbourn (just off Junction 9 of the M1) : Gates open from 9.00 am : raising funds for The Airborne Forces Initiative (A.B.I), The British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association ... / The '82 Event.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
  • "What's cooking?" : November-December : seasonable recipes selected and tested by the Home service advisers of the gas industry / British Gas Council ; illustrated by Joan Martin May.
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