Stories
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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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Born in the NHS
Despite underfunding, strikes and scandals, the first two decades of the 2000s has seen the British people’s love of and loyalty to the NHS soar.
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- Book extract
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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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
C-Card : which condom would you like : Safex Fantasy Ribbed, Safeguard Forte, Mates Natural, Durex Gossamer / Take Care campaign (Lothian Health Promotion Department), Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust.
Date: [approximately 1995?]- Ephemera
- Online
Are you male and live in the Lothian area: : do you have ...sex for money? ...or drugs? ... or a bed for the night? / The Harm Reduction Team, Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust.
Date: [between 1988 and 1995?]- Ephemera
- Online
What is a C-Card? : C card is a plastic card, with which you can get free condoms from various pick-up points / Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust, Take Care campaign (Lothian Health Promotion Department).
Date: [approximately 1995?]- Ephemera
- Online
C-Card? : free condoms ... The card service ... pick-up points .. protect yourself and your partner ... sexual health services ... emergency contraception ... how to put a condom on ... / Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust, Take Care campaign (Lothian Health Promotion Department).
Date: [approximately 1995?]- Ephemera
- Online
C-Card : with a C-Card you can get condoms FREE : Safex Fantasy Ribbed, Safeguard Forte, Mates Natural, Durex Gossamer : phone The Exchange 0131 537 8326 to find your nearest card outlet / Take Care campaign (Lothian Health Promotion Department), Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust.
Date: [approximately 1995?]