Martin Gorsky BA PGCE PhD

Senior Lecturer in the History of Public Health

I hold a BA in History from the University of Essex, and a PGCE (History) and PhD (Social History)from the University of Bristol. After a lectureship at Bristol I moved to a research post with the University of Portsmouth health geography group, working on the database of British Voluntary Hospitals, 1890-1948. This was followed by a lectureship in history at the University of Wolverhampton. I joined the School in September 2003, with a Wellcome Trust University Award.

Affiliation

Teaching

My main teaching activities are as co-organiser of the linear module Principles of Social Research, organiser of the 'History and Health' Distance Learning module, lecturer on the 'History and Health' optional Module, and as a tutor on MSc Public Health.

Research

In 2003 I completed an ESRC-funded project on the history of British hospital contributory schemes (known today as health cash plans) since 1939. My subsequent Wellcome Trust research examined the coming of the British National Health Service from a regional perspective, and is entitled: 'A mass of separate expedients?' Hospitals, integration and the British health system, c.1930-c.1975. My current projects include: an examination of morbidity trends since 1850 using sickness insurance data; creation of web access for the British Voluntary Hospitals Database; a study of the history of management aunder the early NHS; and an analysis of public health posters in Poland, 1918-90

Research areas

  • Health care financing
  • Health policy
  • Health services research
  • Public health history

Disciplines

  • History
  • Policy analysis

Other interests

  • Friendly Societies
  • Health Cash Plans
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