AEGIS (Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions) 1946-1976

Robb, Barbara, d 1975

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Hospitals Advisory Service

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Kenworthy, David Montague de Burgh, b 1914, 11th Baron Strabolgi, politician

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Crossman, R. H. S. (Richard Howard Stafford), 1907-1974

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Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (1907-1974) was the son and a judge, was born in Oxfordshire, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. He worked initially as a philosophy tutor at Oxford University before becoming a lecturer at the Workers' Educational Association. He was the leader of the Labour Party group on Oxford City Council from 1939-1940, and was assistant editor of the New Statesman in 1938, a position he held until 1955. He worked as a civil servant during ...

Project 70, housing scheme

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Hewitt, C. R. (Cecil Rolph), 1901-

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Cecil Rolph Hewitt (1901-1994), who wrote under the pen-name C. H. Rolph, was born in London. After working as an accountant for five years, he served with the City of London Police, 1921-46, leaving with the rank of Chief Inspector. He was on the editorial staff of the New Statesman from 1947 to 1970 and was a director from 1965 to 1980. He wrote the official biography of its editor from 1931 to 1960, Kingsley: The life, letters and diaries of Kingsley Martin (Gollancz, 1973)). As a journalist,...

MIND (Mental health association)

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AEGIS, Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions

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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 o...

Briggs Committee

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Ministry of Health

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