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Social isolation and the search for sanctuary

Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.

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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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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.

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The friendly societies and healthcare

For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.

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  • Lewisham HIV counselling service / Lewisham Social Services.
  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit suggestion box / Steve Ball, Lewisham Social Service HIV Unit.
  • People in dressing gowns crossing their arms to join hands with each other; a public service message about the need to know about AIDS by the National Association of Social Workers. Colour lithograph.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.
  • Cover yourself & protect others / Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit.
  • Cover yourself & protect others / Lewisham Social Services HIV Unit.
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