Stories
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
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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.
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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Birth, babies and boxes of memories
With memories of her baby in neonatal intensive care still fresh, Erin Beeston decides to unearth the poignant objects her family kept following births, going back as far as Victorian times.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Dumfries and Maxwelltown Waterworks - Table of Rates and Charges, and Regulations for Supply of Water
Date: 1916Reference: DGH1/3/3/5/6Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
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Charges and orders for the several officers of Christ's-Hospital; revised by the Committee of almoners at several meetings; and approved and confirmed by general courts held in the said Hospital on Monday the 29th day of November, 1784; and on Friday the 11th day of February, 1785.
Christ's Hospital (London, England)Date: [1785]- Books
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Charges and orders for the several officers of Christ's-Hospital; Revised by the committee of Almoners at several meetings; and approved and confirmed by general courts held in the said hospital on Monday the 29th day of November, 1784; and on Friday the 11th day of February, 1785.
Christ's Hospital (London, England)Date: 1797- Books
Survey of hospital charges as of January 1, 1974.
American Hospital Association.Date: [1974]- Archives and manuscripts
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Account book: Works Department general account of charges, services and maintenance
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 1951-1957Reference: MS.6631Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital