Charity has played a role in the NHS since its foundation in 1948. How and why?

This is the latest article from a research project on voluntarism in Britain's nationalised health service

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#skystorians #healthpolicy #hospitals #histmed #philanthropy

‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service, 1948–74 Abstract. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is widely regarded as epitomizing statist healthcare. However, before its launch in 1948, Britain had a ‘

New @mbhjournal.bsky.social article, co-written with Martin Gorsky, is out!

‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service 1948–74

Quant & qual analysis of charitable spending in 3 early NHS hospitals #histmed #skystorian

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book cover, it reads: Eleonora Paklons, Kristof Smeyers, Kurt Vanhoutte, Hannah Welslau (eds) PERFORMING MAGNETISM The theatrics of persuasion in the long nineteenth century the cover shows a man in a tuxedo staring straight at you, his skin is green and his eyes are yellow

Good morning all! For those who can't wait any longer: our book PERFORMING MAGNETISM is already available in open access, with huge thanks to @leuvenup.bsky.social

Read it here:
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Or here: www.jstor.org/content/oa_b...

‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service, 1948–74 Abstract. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is widely regarded as epitomizing statist healthcare. However, before its launch in 1948, Britain had a ‘

New @mbhjournal.bsky.social article, co-written with Martin Gorsky, is out!

‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service 1948–74

Quant & qual analysis of charitable spending in 3 early NHS hospitals #histmed #skystorian

doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

Some MA funding at Leeds School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science!

#Masters #HistSci #Theology #PhilSci #skystorians

BFI collaboration: The Public's Health

This blog is part of @torchoxford.bsky.social The Public's Health project, which looks at the history and ethics of moving images in public health, in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI)

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#mentalhealth #fim #skystorian #medhums #publichealth

Blog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive

What can the British Film Institute's archive tell us about public mental health messaging?

I think about this in my latest blog for @torchoxford.bsky.social, considering comms re MMR vaccines & autism, in-patient hospitals, electro-convulsive therapy & more

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Blog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive

Latest blog on public mental health messaging and the British Film Institute’s archive

#history #healthhumanities #mentalhealth #vaccines #publichealth

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Blog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive

Latest blog on public mental health messaging and the British Film Institute’s archive

#history #healthhumanities #mentalhealth #vaccines #publichealth

torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

Blog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive

What can the British Film Institute's archive tell us about public mental health messaging?

I think about this in my latest blog for @torchoxford.bsky.social, considering comms re MMR vaccines & autism, in-patient hospitals, electro-convulsive therapy & more

torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

The Centre is delighted to invite applications for the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson studentship, allowing the successful applicant to undertake a three-year PhD in the History of Public Health. Please circulate widely. More details can be found via the link below.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

This looks like an amazing opportunity and a fascinating project #histmed #phd

Leprosy, stigma and the fight for patient agency | LSHTM This presentation examines the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and its stigmatisation in the 19th century onwards, using 20th century Brazil as a case study.  Its target audience is

Join us for our next seminar on 26 February, when @olibasciano.bsky.social (author of Outcast, F&F:2025) will be discussing the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease). Details below:

Location: G08/ Hybrid (link below)
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

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This looks fascinating!

Please circulate. Our deadline for our ECR Prize at @histhum.bsky.social is approaching (30 January 2026)

Sounds like a great idea to make use of these wonderful rooms

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Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds!
Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk
More details at:
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@sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed

So useful!

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!

We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

And here is David W. Jones’s Bluesky @davidwynj.bsky.social

Very good question. I really hope this material remains accessible.

Essential Comforts | Blogs from the Archives-Barts Health NHS Trust Christmas Charity in the Early NHS

It's advent, so here's a blog I wrote last year about how NHS hospitals have used charity to observe Christmas @bharchives.bsky.social
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I did not know this! Do you know where it will be dispersed to? I really love this article - so many fascinating threads for further research come out of it too.

#mentalhealth #healthhumanities #history #psychosocial #recovery #rehabiliation #psychology #psychiatry #survivor #charity

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Sixth article is by Jeanette Copperman and Sarah Chaney @kentishscribbler.bsky.social

The politics of recovery: Women’s mental health activism in the UK, 1986–2002, with a focus on Bristol Crisis Service for Women

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Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 - Ulrich Koch, 2025 This article uses the early history of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a lens to draw out the epistemic and ethical-political stakes of rehabilitation ...

Fifth article is by Ulrich Koch @ulikoch.bsky.social ky.social

Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74

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Fourth article is by Rachael I. Rosner

Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory

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Third article is by Grace Whorrall-Campbell @whc-grace.bsky.social

Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83

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Second article is by David W. Jones and Craig Fees @cfees.bsky.social

Making space for ‘THOSE OTHERS’: The Q Camps Committee's cross-disciplinary exploration of disturbance and rehabilitation in 1930s Britain

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Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928 - Hannah Blythe, 2025 This article argues for the importance of studying life after mental illness. A significant proportion of people who experience mental illness recover, but the ...

First article is by me:

Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928

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