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Unequal
How the Black Report in 1980 and others exposed inequalities in health in deprived areas.
Cradle
How the NHS responded to the birth of the first test tube baby in 1978.
Grave
How Cecily Saunders' 'modern hospice' movement forced the NHS to plan for a 'good death'.
Scandal
How unsung heroine Barbara Robb exposed glaring gaps in the care of the mentally ill.
Sexual Health Service
How the contraceptive pill forced the NHS to acknowledge women sexual health needs.
Modern Hospital
How the new 'modern' hospital designs changed the relationships of staff and patients.
Kidney Dilemma
How the life-saving 'artificial kidney' machine brought moral dilemmas in its wake.
Hip Innovation
How life in the new NHS gave some hospital doctors the time and freedom to innovate.
Cigarettes & Chimneys
How lung cancer forced the new NHS to ask: should it just treat disease or prevent it too?
Free Specs & Teeth
The highs and lows that followed the launch of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948.
