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INSIGHTS Public Lecture: The history of the NHS - and its future by Dr Andrew Seaton
Dr Andrew Seaton, University College London
Date/Time: Thursday 5 October 2023, 5.30pm
Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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Chaired by Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History and Co-Chair, Public Lectures Committee
To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS, the author of Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution discusses the history of a service that now stands as a touchstone of British national identity. From the experiences of patients on hospital wards, to the stories of medical professionals arriving to work in the NHS from the former empire, the institution not only became central but survived when so many other parts of the welfare state or public industries declined after the 1980s. Thinking about the NHS's history offers fresh ways of reflecting on the challenges facing the service now and in the years to come.
Biography
Andrew Seaton is a political and social historian of modern Britain, working on topics in the history of science, medicine, and the environment. He received his PhD in History from New York University in 2021. Before his doctoral studies, Andrew gained an MA in Science, Technology, and Medicine in History from King’s College London, and a BA in History from the University of Oxford.
He teaches across modern British and Global history, as well as the history of science, medicine, and environment. His recently published book, Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution, is a political, social, and transnational history that considers why the service became tied to national identity and why it survived the rise of neoliberalism.
