GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948

Chris Locke

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Routledge
13 April 2025

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History

This book charts the journey of British General Practitioners (GPs) towards professional self-realisation through the development of a political consciousness manifested in a series of bruising encounters with government.

GPs are an essential part of the social fabric of modern Britain but as a group have always felt undervalued, clashing with successive governments over the terms on which they offered their services to the public. Explaining the background to these disputes and the motives of GPs from a sociological perspective, this research casts new light on some defining moments in the creation of the modern British state, from National Health Insurance to the National Health Service, and the history of the British medical profession. It examines these events from the point of view of the professionals intimately involved in and affected by them, using both established sources, like Ministry of Health records, an in-depth analysis of rarely studied records of professional bodies, and previously unresearched archive material. The result is a fascinating account of conflict and cooperation, and of heroic, and less-than-heroic, defiance of political authority, involving interactions between complex personalities and competing ideologies.

Scholarly yet readable, this book will be of interest to the general reader as much as to medical practitioners and historians.

By: Chris Locke
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781032572017
ISBN 10: 1032572019
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
Pages: 396
Publication Date: 13 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Locke is currently an honorary research fellow in the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. With postgraduate degrees in History and Law, he developed his interest in medical politics during a thirty-year career advising medical practitioners on contractual and policy matters.

Reviews for GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948

“This is a scholarly book which contains original material and is well referenced… it will appeal to people with an interest in general practice political history.” Chris Derrett, BSHM February 2025