Socialist Health Association
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The Socialist Medical Association (now the Socialist Health Association) was founded in 1930, in order to campaign for a National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It took in many of those who had been active in the State Medical Service Association. The Association was active in campaigns against NHS charges, smoking, tuberculosis and for adequate nutrition, for the estalishment of health centres and salaried general practitioners. It changed its name in 1980 to the Socialist Health Association to reflect increased interest in public health. It is associated with the campaigns against health inequality around the Black Report, and is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party.
[edit] Prominent members
Prominent members include:
- Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
- Prof John Ashton
- John Baird MP
- Fred Ballard
- Prof George Black
- Arthur Blenkinsop MP
- Aleck Bourne
- Dr Charles Brook
- Elizabeth Bunbury
- Lord Ritchie Calder
- Sir Iain Chalmers
- John Charlton
- Richard Clitheroe MP;
- Prof Joe Collier;
- Dr L. Comyns MP;
- Tam Dalyell MP;
- Lawson Dodd;
- Sir Richard Doll;
- DrJohn Dunwoody MP;
- Dr Ida Fisher;
- Michael Foot MP;
- Dr Robert Forgan MP;
- Dr Hugh Gainsborough;
- Dr Katy Gardner;
- Mair Garside;
- Dr Brian Gibbons AM;
- Dr Ian Gilliland;
- Dr Sydney Gottlieb;
- Will Griffiths MP;
- Dr Leslie Haden-Guest MP;
- Dr Julian Tudor Hart;
- Somerville HastingsMP;
- Diane Hayter;
- Dr Leslie Hilliard;
- Sir Benedict Hoskyns;
- Lord Philip Hunt;
- Dr Francis Jarman;
- George Jeger MP;
- Dr Santo Jeger MP;
- Dr Tony Jewell;
- Dr Horace Joules;
- Dr Richard Kenchington;
- Dr David Kerr MP;
- Dr Joyce Leeson;
- Dr Henry H MacWilliam;
- Prof J.R.Marrack;
- Frederick Messer MP;
- Dr Maurice Miller MP;
- Dr H.B.Morgan MP
- Dr Hector Munro;
- David Stark Murray;
- Dr Doug Naysmith MP;
- Stanley Newens MEP;
- Dr Hugh Price;
- Dr Geoffrey Richman;
- Miss Esther Rickards;
- Dr V. H. Rutherford MP;
- Dr Alfred Salter MP;
- Prof Wendy Savage;
- Dr. R.S.Saxton;
- Dr Sam Segal MP;
- Prof Aubray Sheiham;
- Dr G.B.Shirlaw;
- Dr Kenneth Sinclair-Loutit;
- Dr Richard Stone;
- Dr Barnett Stross MP;
- Dr Edith Summerskill MP;
- Cyril Taylor;
- Dr Stephen JL Taylor MP;
- Dr Oscar Tobin;
- Dr Alfred Welply
- Anne Weyman;
- Professor Richard Wilkinson;
See "Why a National Health Service", D Stark Murray. Pemberton Books 1971
