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
NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
- Article
The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Books
Nursing journals and the development of professional nursing / Lawrence Dopson.
Dopson, Lawrence.Date: 1985- Books
The archive collection at the Royal College of Nursing / Celia Jackson.
Jackson, Celia.Date: 1983- Books
Nursing and the early crisis of the National Health Service / Charles Webster.
Webster, Charles, 1936-Date: 1985- Journals
History of nursing bulletin.
Date: 1983-1989- Journals
Annual report / Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom.
Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom.