NHS


It was both a working class utopia in the heart of Peckham and a unique experiment to demonstrate a totally holistic approach to health. The Pioneer Health Centre soon became known across the country and around the world as the Peckham Experiment. Did it live up to its name and pioneer a new approach to health in the pre-NHS age? Or were its wide-reaching lessons and […]

The Peckham Experiment


Can the origins of Britain’s National Health Service be traced to a small town in the Welsh valleys? The first of a two-part piece on health provision in the UK before the NHS looks at whether the Tredegar medical aid scheme was a victim of its own success. Britain’s National Health Service was introduced as part of the country’s wartime commitment to its people. The National […]

We are going to ‘Tredegarise’ you