AEGIS, Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions
AEGIS (Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions) was a pressure group set up by Barbara Robb (d 1975) to campaign about the treatment of elderly people in the psychiatric and geriatric wards of British hospitals, following her personal involvement in the case of Amy Gibbs, a patient at Friern Barnet Hospital. AEGIS was founded in November 1965, and the publication of Sans Everything: a case to answer (Nelson, London, 1967) by Robb led to government debates and the setting up of Committees of Inquiry into the conditions at several hospitals in Great Britain. The first reading of the NHS Reorganisation Bill took place in 1972, and a Health Ombudsman was appointed in 1973. Robb died in 1975.
From the guide to the AEGIS (Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions), 1946-1976, (British Library of Political and Economic Science)
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| creatorOf | AEGIS (Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions), 1946-1976 | British library of political and economic science |
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| associatedWith | Briggs Committee | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Crossman, Richard Howard Stafford, 1907-1974 | person |
| associatedWith | Hewitt, Cecil, Rolph, 1901-1994 | person |
| associatedWith | Hospitals Advisory Service | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kenworthy, David Montague de Burgh, b 1914, 11th Baron Strabolgi, politician | person |
| associatedWith | Ministry of Health | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Association for Mental Health | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Project 70, housing scheme | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Robb, Barbara, d 1975 | person |
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