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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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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable

Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.

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Medics and the bomb

Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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  • Portrait of A.B. Hill, 1854-1932. President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, 1911-1912. Photograph in the possession of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
  • Portrait of W.G. Savage. President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
  • Portrait of Edward Seaton; president of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, 1897-1898
  • Sir James Barr, Photograph in the possession of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
  • F. Vacher FRCS, MRCP; President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health 1895-1896.
  • Portrait of George F. Buchan, whilst President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health 1925-1926
  • Portrait of George F. Buchan, whilst President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health 1929-1930
  • Photograph of Professor of Kenwood. President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, 1918-1919, 1919-1920.
  • Portrait of A. Hill, 1826-1922. President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health 1886-1888. From the photograph in the Society. Medical Officer of Health of the City of Birmingham 1872-1903.
  • E.W., M.D., D.Sc., Hope. President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, 1912-13. From the photograph in the Society.
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