Stories
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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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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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Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Health Services
Date: 2000Reference: SA/ASH/U/125Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Health Services
Date: 1998Reference: SA/ASH/U/70Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Health Services
Date: 2001Reference: SA/ASH/U/153Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Health Services
Date: 1999Reference: SA/ASH/U/111Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Health Services
Date: 1999Reference: SA/ASH/U/104Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)