Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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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
Correspondence - Organisations and Individuals A
Date: c.1994-1997Reference: PP/TLA/A/3/1Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - Organisations and Individuals S
Date: c.1994-1997Reference: PP/TLA/A/3/17Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Archives and manuscripts
Roy Passingham
Date: 20 Mar 2001Reference: WF/M/AV/O/03/27Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
- Online
Vaccinating Britain : mass vaccination and the public since the Second World War / Gareth Millward.
Millward, GarethDate: 2019- Books
The people's health : health intervention and delivery in Mao's China, 1949-1983 / Zhou Xun.
Zhou, Xun, 1968-Date: [2020]