Early Clinics - Sexual Health

Impact of Britain's early sexual health service - Birb > .

The first UK clinics for venereal disease (VD) were established during the interwar years. These clinics were available to anyone, you could walk in off the street or be referred by a GP and importantly they were also free at the point of use... they changed the way that British people thought about their relationship with state-provided healthcare. The VD clinics are by no means a precursor to the NHS, but they did provide a blueprint for modern health services.