MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Shining example of socialist practice
A history of an innovative Liverpool medical centre shows how its radical principles helped it meet the needs of one of the most deprived inner-city communities in Britain, writes SYLVIA HIKINS
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A Radical Practice in Liverpool: The rise and fall of Princes Park Health Centre
by Katy Gardner and Susanna Graham-Jones
(Writing on the Wall, £9.99)
THIS book is not simply about medical practice but about people, the community living in the heart of the inner-city area of Liverpool 8.
The neighbourhood reflects all the consequences of social and economic deprivation but as a community it was willing to rise up and fight back, as it did during the Toxteth riots in 1981.
In the centre of Liverpool 8 sits Princes Park Health Centre (PPHC), opened on St Patrick’s Day in 1977. It was the brainchild and passion of doctor Cyril Taylor — communist, activist, Liverpool City councillor, chair of Liverpool Social Services and much more.
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