Gidez, Richard. P. D. James. Twayne.
chronology, 2
National Health Service
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | P. D. James | PDJ
worked for the new National Health Service
as an administrative assistant at the Northwest Regional Hospital Board
, in London. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Zadie Smith | ZS
's mother was born in Jamaica (as Yvonne Maclean
) and migrated to England at the age of fifteen. She worked as a model in the fashion industry, then as a secretary. After taking... |
| Health | Michèle Roberts | She had what was probably an abortion in her late twenties, when this was breaking the law. Her period was two weeks late; she did not think she would qualify for an abortion from the... |
| Literary responses | U. A. Fanthorpe | UAF
's poetry was broadcast on the BBC
's Woman's Hour and selected for Poems on the Underground. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
in 1987, a CBE in... |
| Occupation | Hannah More | The Female Friendly Society
founded at Cheddar by the Mores aimed to empower families living at subsistence level to protect themselves against disaster. It lasted until its functions were taken over by the National Health Service |
| politics | Sylvia Townsend Warner | SWT concerned herself with local as well as national politics, and was alert to issues involving the countryside and the environment. She was a sponsor of the Rachel Carson Trust
. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research. 60: 408 |
| Textual Features | Brigid Brophy | This text constitutes an indictment of many aspects of the National Health Service
, not least the system of time-tabling visits to doctors' surgeries. It is also a vivid account of the detail and the... |
| Textual Production | Rosalind Coward | Her weekly Guardian column Looking after Mother followed the life of her aged parent, treating with a mixture of the biting and the humorous such experiences as all too frequent medical appointments at which it... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Nina Bawden | The book is an intimate account of her family and her personal relations with them—it is dedicated to them, and it includes a selection of family photographs covering five generations. It is rich with remembered... |
Timeline
1920: Dr Hugh Crichton-Miller established the Tavistock...
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1920
Dr Hugh Crichton-Miller
established the Tavistock Clinic
in Tavistock Square, London, to provide psychological treatment to the general population and to further research into the prevention and treatment of mental illness.
July 1928: Jennie Lee, a Scottish coalminer's daughter,...
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July 1928
Jennie Lee
, a Scottish coalminer's daughter, was selected as Labour
candidate for the constituency of Lanarkshire; she was elected to the House of Commons
as its youngest member in a by-election in February...
February 1936: The awesome trio of political theorist Harold...
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February 1936
The awesome trio
Laity, Paul. “The left’s ace of clubs”. Guardian Unlimited.
Early May 1948: The BMA (British Medical Association) reversed...
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Early May 1948
The BMA
(British Medical Association) reversed a decision taken in February and advised the medical profession to co-operate with the institution of a National Health Service
.
1 July 1948: The British Labour government's Town and...
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1 July 1948
The BritishLabour
government's Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which introduced a system of planning for urban and industrial development, came into effect.
5 July 1948: The Labour government introduced the newly...
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5 July 1948
The Labour government introduced the newly created National Health Service
, as part of a near-comprehensive system of social insurance.
1949: The research programme Mass-Observation published...
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1949
The research programme Mass-Observation
published Meet Yourself at the Doctor's, a collection of comments on the fairly recently founded National Health Service
.
26 October 1951: At the general election the postwar reforming...
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26 October 1951
At the general election the postwar reforming Labour government of Clement Attlee
polled the highest number of votes it had ever received, but fewer seats than before: it was ousted by the Conservatives under Winston Churchill
Later 1960: Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the...
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Later 1960
Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the Pill, marketed by Searle
under the name of Enovid, gained approval for use in Britain by the Family Planning Association
.
4 December 1961: As announced at the beginning of this year,...
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4 December 1961
As announced at the beginning of this year, the contraceptive pill became available on the National Health Service
.
Bowes, Claire. Email to the Women’s Library about a fiftieth anniversary BBC program.
1964: The Brooks Advisory Centre (supported by...
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1964
The Brooks Advisory Centre
(supported by the Family Planning Association
) gave birth control advice to unmarried women for the first time.
1969: The National Health Service allowed birth...
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1969
The National Health Service
allowed birth control advice to be given to unmarried women.
1974: The National Health Service accepted responsibility...
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1974
The National Health Service
accepted responsibility for family planning clinics and the Family Planning Association
started to hand over its established network of more than a thousand clinics.
1977: Local Health Authorities were empowered to...
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1977
Local Health Authorities
were empowered to provide vasectomies under the National Health Service
.
1979: The British Medical Association appointed...
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1979
The British Medical Association
appointed its first female president, obstetrician and gynaecologist Dame Josephine Barnes
, two years after her retirement from the National Health Service
.
Texts
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