Workshops 2011-12

Workshops 2011-12

Medicine, Health and Irish Experiences of War, 1914-45
University College Dublin
6-7 September 2012

Organisers: David Durnin and Ian Miller.
Hosted by the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland.

Healthcare systems, regional and comparative perspectives in Britain and Ireland, 1850-1960
University College Dublin
8-9 June 2012

Convener: Dr Sean Lucey
Host: Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland with generous funding from IRCHSS and the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, UCD

This two-day conference focused on understanding healthcare, and in particular hospital provision, through the prism of regionality in Britain and Ireland. Professor John Stewart, Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, Glasgow Caledonian University, was the keynote speaker. The conference examined healthcare beyond the national and engaged with local and regional transformations with a particular emphasis on Irish, Scottish and Welsh case studies along with English regional perspectives. The uses of regionality as a conceptual tool in the examination of healthcare systems was emphasised while the importance of local economic, social and cultural circumstances in determining the delivery of medical provision was explored. The conference focused on comparative studies across regional and national boundaries and the challenges of undertaking such research.