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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How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Primary Health Care Accessibility
Date: 1974-1986Reference: SA/PAT/D/41Part of: The Patients Association- Books
Research for universal health coverage / World Health Organization.
World Health Organization.Date: 2013- Books
Improving access to quality care in family planning : medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use.
Date: [2000]- Books
Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use / World Health Organization.
Date: 2004- Books
Scarce resources in health care / Office of Health Economics.
Date: 1979