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Health Advisory Committee, 1942-1992

Health Advisory Committee, 1942-1992

Collection: British Communism through Committee Work, 1926-1992    Volumes    Health Advisory Committee, 1942-1992

“The main work of the Committee is to examine the National Health position in all its aspects and relate the problem to class issues”, as well as advise the Executive Committee on the party’s policy towards healthcare in Britain.

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NHS campaigns in the wake of Thatcherism, 1978-1984

Health and Safety at Work Conference, Medicine in society; resistance to Conservative NHS cuts; Advisory Committee bulletins, TUC material on campaigns by health unions, EC discussion on health policy (1982)...

Date:1978-1984
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-08

National Health Advisory Committee miscellaneous papers, 1975-1977

Correspondence, minutes, and adjacent material, including discussions of genetic engineering, a memorandum on health care plans, handwritten notes and correspondence, a chapter examining the NHS, evidence to the Royal Commission...

Date:1975-1977
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-07

Papers and publications of the National Health Advisory Committee, 1960-1992

A range of publications and adjacent papers from the National Health Advisory Committee. They include articles on the early history of the NHS, CPGB policy towards healthcare and the NHS,...

Date:1960-1992
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-06

Material relating to issues in health care (ii), 1951-1957

Files of the NHAC, covering discussions of tuberculosis, healthcare proposals in the British Road to Socialism, staff shortages in mental hospitals, industrial injuries and health and safety, healthcare in ‘new...

Date:1951-1957
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-05

Evidence submitted to the Ministry of Health, 1951

Evidence submitted by the CPGB to the ‘Committee of General Practice’ established by the Central Health Service Council. Evidence pertains to recommendations for the running of the National Health Service....

Date:1951-1951
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-04

Personal papers of Robbie Wilson, 1948-1951

Contains minutes, correspondence, and discussions of campaigns on housing and health, as well as comparisons with health institutions in socialist countries.

Date:1948-1951
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-03

Material relating to issues in health care (i), 1944-1950

Covering health issues in the workplace, including miners health issues, the provision of health care in hospitals and health centers, maternity health, discussions of nursing, effects of slum housing and...

Date:1944-1950
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-02

Campaigning for a National Health Service, 1943-1946

As proponents of a ‘National Medical Service’, see how CPGB members contributed to the campaign that led to the establishment of the National Health Service after WWII. Contains a leaflet...

Date:1943-1946
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ctte-03-01
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