National Health Stories
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National Health Stories
On 5 July 1948, for the first time anywhere in the world, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.
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Never Enough
Like a much loved elderly relative, the National Health Service has endured more examinations and diagnoses than any other public institution.
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Nurse!
For many, the typical image of the British nurse includes their earthy sense of humour and resilience. They've been trained to conform to hospital rul...
Too Much Medicine
Screening the British public for the presence of disease, took the health service in a radically new direction.
It was no longer just about sym...
Policing the Bugs
During the 1980s and 1990s, patients contracting infections in hospital, that antibiotics could no longer treat, dominated the headlines.
The s...
The New Plague
At the start of the 1980s a mysterious disease, AIDS, appeared in gay men. There was fear that it would become a new plague. Sally Sheard tells the st...
Protest
In a series tracing the decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, historian Sally Sheard explores the recurrent crises caused by la...
Unequal
In a series tracing the decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, historian Sally Sheard looks at reports that highlighted the ineq...
Cradle
In a series tracing the decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, historian Sally Sheard looks at the arrival of the babies people...
Grave
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard reveals how Cecily Saunders and her mo...
Scandal
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard reveals how the little-known campaigne...
Sexual Health Service
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard explores how the contraceptive pill fo...
Modern Hospital
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of how the modern hosp...
Kidney Dilemma
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard explores how the life-saving invention...
Hip Innovation
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard reveals how the early years of the NHS...
Cigarettes & Chimneys
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of a mysterious epidem...
Free Specs & Teeth
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard charts the highs and lows following th...
Doctors Revolt
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of Aneurin Bevan's fig...
Remedies of War
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of how emergency medic...
Pioneers
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of some enterprising i...
Poor Treatment
In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard begins by going back to the 1930s to r...