Volume 26. 'Public Health in the 1980's and 1990's: Decline and Rise?'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "Public Health in the 1980's and 1990's: Decline and Rise?", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 12 October 2004 (postponed from 30 March 2004). The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 26 of the Witness Seminar series, V. Berridge, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Public Health in the 1980's and 1990's: Decline and Rise?, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2006).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor Sir Donald Acheson; Professor John Ashton; Professor Virginia Berridge (Chair); Professor Nick Black; Professor David Blane; Dr Tim Carter; Sir Iain Chalmers; Dr Aileen Clarke; Dr June Crown; Dr Jeff French; Professor Stanley Gelbier; Professor Alan Glynn; Shirley Goodwin; Professor Rod Griffiths; Professor Walter Holland; Professor Klim McPherson; Dr Ornella Moscucci; Dr Geoffrey Rivett; Professor Alwyn Smith; and Professor Ann Taket.

The editors of the published transcript were V. Berridge, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by Virginia Berridge.

The meeting organisers were Professor Virginia Berridge, Dr Niki Ellis and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Dr Niki Ellis; Dr Anne Hardy; Professor Susanne MacGregor; and Dr Ronnie Pollock.

Apologies sent by; Dr Sheila Adam; Dr Michael Ashley-Miller; Professor Mel Bartley; Sir Kenneth Calman; Professor John Catford; Professor George Davey-Smith; Professor Sir Liam Donaldson; Dr Spencer Hagard; Professor David Hunter; Professor Jane Lewis; Dr Kelly Loughlin; Professor James McEwen; Dr David McQueen; Professor Don Nutbeam; John Wyn Owen; Dr Richard Parrish; Dr Stephen Peckham; Dr David Player; Dame Rosemary Rue; and Dr Sally Sheard.