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
Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
- Article
Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
- Books
A human condition : the Mental health act from 1959 to 1975 : observations, analysis and proposals for reform / L.O. Gostin.
Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe)Date: 1975-- Books
Long-acting reversible contraception : the effective and appropriate use of long-acting reversible contraception / National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health ; commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
`Twenty-five years of the National Health Service in Great Britain: has it any lessons for Europe tomorrow?': Association des Médecins et Médecins-Dentistes du Grand Duche (Luxuemburg)
Date: 26 Oct 1971Reference: GC/96/7/12Part of: Grey Turner, Elston- Books
Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain, 2004 / authors: Hazel Green [and others].
Date: 2005- Books
Dental practitioners' formulary : for use in the National Health Service / [compiled by the Joint Formulary Committee].
Date: [1963]