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.
- Book extract
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.
- Article
Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
- Article
Building resilience in a racist world
With the resurgence of racism in today’s UK, Louisa Adjoa Parker reflects on the trauma of growing up in a racist society and explores how victims could begin to heal.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Management of financial resources in the National Health Service.
Date: 1978- Books
Allocating health resources : a commentary on the report of the Resource Allocation Working Party / M.J. Buxton, R.E. Klein.
Buxton, Martin, 1948-Date: 1978- Books
On the level : NIHR research on type 2 diabetes - themed review summary / National Institute for Health Research.
National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain)Date: 2016- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Sexually transmitted infections
Date: 1965 - 2008Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/3/18Part of: Family Planning Association