Stories
- In pictures
Telling Scotland about AIDS
Find out how activists and organisations working on AIDS information campaigns in 1980s Scotland used cartoons, kilts, and candid language to convey their message.
- Article
Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
- Article
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.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Scotland (health promotion agency)
Date: 1988-1990Reference: SA/HEC/A/43/9/4Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Archives and manuscripts
Raven John - Education, Values and Society: The Objectives of Education and the Nature and Development of Competence
Date: 1977Reference: DGH1/10/1/26Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Greenland, C. - Psychiatry and the Community an Experiment in Mental Health Education
Date: 1952Reference: DGH1/6/18/75Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
1991 Drinkwise campaign - survey
Health Education CouncilDate: 1991Reference: SA/HEC/B/3/7Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Archives and manuscripts
Health Promotion Research Trust Project 28: Fitness testing - a critical appraisal / Review of fitness testing provision in Scotland
Date: 1984-1988Reference: SA/HPR/C/28Part of: Health Promotion Research Trust