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In sickness and in health: the British experience,1650–1850 (1988) online review of this book how educated patients talked about personal health issues. Porter, Dorothy. Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times (1998), good coverage of the British record in ch. 8-9.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home, founded by King Charles II in 1682 as a retreat for veterans.. Healthcare in England is mainly provided by the National Health Service (NHS), a public body that provides healthcare to all permanent residents in England, that is free at the point of use.
A history of English public health, 1834 - 1939 (1950). Hardy, Anne. Health and medicine in Britain since 1860 (2001) Harris, James Jeffrey. "Body Politics: A History of Public Health and Politics in Britain, 1885-1922" (PhD dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2017) online. Lambert, R. Sir John Simon 1816-1904 and English social ...
The Genesis of the British National Health Service (2nd edn (Basil Blackwell, 1962). Klein, R. The New Politics of the National Health Service (3rd ed. 1995). Lindsey, A. Socialized Medicine in England and Wales: The National Health Service, 1948–1961 (U. of North Carolina Press, 1962). Loudon, Irvine, John Horder and Charles Webster.
History of medicine in the United Kingdom (3 C, 38 P) Pages in category "History of health care in the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Public Health Act 1875 [1] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, [2] and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]
In England, in 2016, 26.2% of adults were obese and it is forecast that levels of obesity will increase by 2023. A study by Public Health England in 2017 found that 41% of the 15.3 million English adults aged 40 to 60 do not walk for as much as 10 minutes continuously each month at a brisk pace. A quarter of the English population was found to ...