EAN: 9783319854908

MENTAL HEALTH IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IMPRO...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book tells the story of Barbara Robb
and her pressure group  Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965 
Barbara visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in a dilapidated and overcrowded National Health Service
psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so appalled by the low standards that she set out to
make improvements. Barbara's book Sans Everything: A case to answer was publicly discredited by
a complacent and self-righteous Ministry of Health. However  inspired by her work  staff in
other hospitals 'whistle-blew' about events they witnessed  which corroborated her allegations.
Barbara influenced government policy  to improve psychiatric care and health service complaints
procedures  and to establish a hospitals' inspectorate and ombudsman. The book will appeal to
campaigners  health and social care staff and others working with older people  and those with
an interest in policy development in England  the 1960s  women's history and the history of
psychiatry and nursing.

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