Introduction: writing the history of the 'International' Health
Service
Part I: Healthcare and migration in Britain during the post-war
period
1. The making of a cornerstone
2. Empire, migration and the NHS
Part II: The colonial legacy, racism and the staffing of
surgeries
3. The empire of the mind and medical migration
4. Discrimination and the development of general practice
5. From ‘pairs of hands’ to family doctors
Part III: Shaping British medicine and British society
6. ‘The more you did, the more they depended on you’: memories of
practice on the periphery
7. Beyond the surgery boundaries: doctors’ organisations and
activist medics
8. Adding to the mosaic of British general practice
Conclusion: Historicising a ‘revolution’
Bibliography
Index
Julian M. Simpson is an independent writer, researcher and translator
‘Easy to follow and highly recommended, Julian Simpson’s book
provides a clear and comprehensive account of this suddenly very
topical slice of history, and does exactly what he set out to do —
writes migrants back into the history of the NHS.’
Anjna Harrar, British Journal of General Practice, August 2018
‘The detailed individual narratives, and the author’s meticulous
historical and political analysis, offer a model for making sense
of medical migration.’
John Launer, Postgraduate Medical Journal
‘Simpson has previously stated his desire to ‘write migrant doctors
back into the history of the NHS’, claiming that British medical
historians (unlike those in North America) have been much less
attuned to the role of immigration in shaping contemporary society.
He has certainly achieved that goal. This is the first full-length
scholarly book to examine the contribution of migrant doctors to
the NHS and, as such, constitutes an importance reconsideration of
post-war British health services. […] the book does succeed
marvellously in denationalising the NHS, by looking at health care
and medical practice through a transnational lens. As such, it
paves the way for other important studies of health care diasporas
in Britain.’
David Wright, McGill University, Social History of Medicine, Volume
32 Issue 1, February 2019
‘Simpson has previously stated his desire to ‘write migrant doctors
back into the history of the NHS’, claiming that British medical
historians (unlike those in North America) have been much less
attuned to the role of immigration in shaping contemporary society.
He has certainly achieved that goal. This is the first full-length
scholarly book to examine the contribution of migrant doctors to
the NHS and, as such, constitutes an importance reconsideration of
post-war British health services. […] the book does succeed
marvellously in denationalising the NHS, by looking at health care
and medical practice through a transnational lens. As such, it
paves the way for other important studies of health care diasporas
in Britain.’
David Wright, McGill University, Social History of Medicine, Volume
32 Issue 1, February 2019
'Migrant Architects of the NHS will have significant interest for
historians of post-war Britain. It merits a wide readership and
will undoubtedly be a valued addition to reading lists for students
and researchers alike.'
Martin Moore, University of Exeter, Contemporary British History,
May 2019
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