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Some Men in London (Peter Parker, Editor)

Nov 13, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | James Cahill |Jeremy Dauber |Libby Purves |Andrew Seaton

“London has always been famous for its many and beautiful parks”, announced a 1966 guidebook to the capital; “just what those parks are famous for is not necessarily limited to the flowerbeds and landscaping.” Outlining some of the popular haunts of gay men, from cinemas to Turkish baths to the public lavatories or “cottages” that served as assignation spots, the book was ahead of its time: homosexuality between consenting males in private was only decriminalized the following year.
How science was abused to confine the vulnerable

Nov 13, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Andrew Seaton |James Cahill |Libby Purves |Jeremy Dauber

In 1911 Karl Pearson became the first chair of eugenics at University College London. Eugenics held that humanity could be “improved” by encouraging those with desirable mental and physical attributes to reproduce, or by preventing those with “inferior” attributes from doing so. Pearson used numbers to imbue both approaches with scientific authority.
What the NHS Needs

Oct 8, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Andrew Seaton

Ara Darzi released his report on the English National Health Service last month. To no one’s surprise, he finds that the service is ‘in serious trouble’, with crumbling buildings, demoralised staff and slipping standards in key areas such as maternity care. More than 7.6 million people are on waiting lists. The number waiting longer than a year for mental health services is more than the population of Leicester. Among them are 109,000 children and young people.
'If the horrors of Britain's infected blood scandal lead to positive change, we have campaigners to thank'

May 31, 2024 | lemonde.fr | Andrew Seaton

Opinion United Kingdom British historian Andrew Seaton takes a look back at the United Kingdom's infected blood scandal and at the lessons to be learned to improve the country's public health system. 3 min read Lire en français Subscribers only Britain is learning the full extent of the country's worst-ever medical scandal.
Royaume-Uni : " Si le scandale du sang contaminé débouche un jour sur des changements positifs, cela sera grâce aux militants "

May 31, 2024 | lemonde.fr | Andrew Seaton

Le Royaume-Uni est en train de prendre la mesure du plus grand scandale sanitaire de son histoire. Entre les années 1970 et 1990, à cause de produits sanguins contaminés ou de transfusions sanguines, quelque 30 000 personnes ont été infectées par l’hépatite C, le VIH et d’autres maladies. Ce n’était pas un accident. Le rapport de l’enquête publique menée par le juge Sir Brian Langstaff, aujourd’hui à la retraite, a été publié le 20 mai.
'NHS at 75: How Labour's creation took decades to become a national treasure'

Jul 5, 2023 | labourlist.org | Andrew Seaton

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS this week will be marked by extensive commemorations. From a service in Westminster Abbey, to BBC programmes, to street parties and fun runs, people will celebrate the thing that they tell opinion pollsters makes them ‘most proud to be British’.
How should we see the NHS's history on its 75th anniversary?

Jul 5, 2023 | historyextra.com | Andrew Seaton

“I think a lot of present debate about the NHS kind of moves between two poles,” says Dr Andrew Seaton. “On one side, we have a sometimes quite sickly, treacly view of the NHS, which is all rainbows and hearts and the idea of ‘Our NHS’. And on the other side, we have a deeply pessimistic view of the NHS, about the care it produces, and an idea that it's going to collapse any day even though it's lasted 75 years. On the podcast | What was healthcare like in Britain before the NHS?
How Britain fell in love with the NHS

Jul 5, 2023 | historyextra.com | Andrew Seaton

As Britain’s National Health Service celebrates its 75th anniversary this July, two topics look set to dominate the extensive media coverage. The first is the sense of crisis stalking the NHS, illustrated by sky-high waiting lists, troubling financial shortcomings, exhausted staff and extensive industrial action. The second is the NHS’s enviable reputation as arguably Britain’s best-loved institution.
Was There Ever A Golden Age Of The NHS?

Jul 4, 2023 | historyextra.com | Andrew Seaton

“This is an important question, because it frames and underpins our idea of crisis and decline," says Dr Andrew Seaton. “This idea that there was a golden age for the NHS, and that now we’re no longer in a golden age. So history is very important to our present understandings of 'decline and crisis', these kinds of phrases that are used around the NHS. “There was no such thing as a golden age for the NHS.
What is the life expectancy of the NHS? #business

Jul 1, 2023 | upcomingnews.online | Andrew Seaton

It is rare, unique even, for a modern democracy to celebrate the anniversary of one of its public services with state-orchestrated rejoicing. Yet many Britons are being made aware of the approaching 75th “birthday” of their health service. This anthropomorphising of a healthcare system speaks volumes about the grip the taxpayer-funded NHS has on the nation’s hearts and minds.