The Black Report, released over the late August bank holiday weekend in 1980, became famous for articulating the concerns of those in the health services, policy and reform spheres about growing inequality over the first decades of the NHS. To celebrate the anniversary of that report, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn and Grace Redhead had this to say about its legacy on its official anniversary, while Caitjan Gainty contributed to an article on the Black Report’s significance that appeared over the bank holiday weekend.
