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Mathew Thomson

Director of the Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick

Professor Mathew Thomson is Director of the Centre for the History of Medicine and Professor for the Department of History at the University of Warwick.

His research on the cultural history of the NHS is supported by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award and involves collaboration with co-investigator Professor Roberta Bivins and a team of researchers. One of the aims of the project has been to investigate the history of a relationship between the NHS and the public. Findings from this research as well as opportunities for the public to contribute can be found on the People's history of the NHS website.

  • Blog
    • Mathew Thomson
    • Patients and the public

    The NHS and the public: a historical perspective

    This is the second in our series of guest blogs about the changing relationship between the NHS and the public. Here, Mathew Thomson, Professor of History at Warwick University, looks at...

    • 18 Oct 2017
    • 7-min read