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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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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Six personal health zines that might change your life
Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.
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Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
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Report of the Committee on Social Workers in the Mental Health Services.
Great Britain. Committee on Social Workers in the Mental Health Service.Date: [1951]- Archives and manuscripts
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Chapter 45. M. M. Glatt, 'The Alcoholic Problem in Great Britain - Recent Developments'
Date: 1968Reference: MS.7913/47Part of: The Expanding Field of Mental Health in England and Wales, 50 years of progress, 1918-1968- Books
Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain, 2004 / authors: Hazel Green [and others].
Date: 2005- Books
Review of the Mental Health Act 1959 : presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Social Services, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Lord Chancellor by Command of Her Majesty.
Date: [1978]- Archives and manuscripts
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Review of Some Impressions of Social Services in Great Britain by an American Social Work Team [draft]
Date: 1956Reference: PP/ADD/J/19/1Part of: Robina Addis (1900-1986): archives