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SSM 6: Change and Continuity in the Philosophy, Politics, and Practice of Public Health

With the creation of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), public health as a medical specialism is entering yet another period of uncertainty regarding its future location and direction. It is also argued that an age of ‘silos’ has been replaced by one of ‘networks’ and ‘matrices’. In the light of these debates, this SSM will ask students to carry out a structured literature review on what contemporary policy makers may learn from the recent history of public health. This will include its ‘watchdog’ role in the nineteenth century, and the pervasive argument that public health lost a coherent philosophy in the period 1900-48, culminating in the abolition of the post of Medical Officer of Health in 1974. There is potential, too, for study of archival documents relating to particular areas, such as Liverpool. Thus this SSM will introduce students to historical perspectives and methodology - in which the tutor has particular expertise.

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