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{{Short description|English scholar, writer, and historian}}
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'''Julian Malcolm Simpson''' (born December 1970) is an English [[independent scholar]], writer, and historian of migration and healthcare. He is best known for the book [[Migrant Architects of the NHS (book)|''Migrant Architects of the NHS: South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s–1980s)'']], published by [[Manchester University Press]] (2018), and which formed the basis of the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]] (RCGP's) exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the [[NHS]].<ref name=":OHS">[http://www.ohs.org.uk/person/julian-simpson/ Julian Simpson.] Oral History Society. Retrieved 10 August 2018.</ref>

Simpson spent much of his childhood in West Africa where he attended school in [[Gabon]], with intermittent trips to [[North Tyneside]]. He completed his education in France and studied at the [[Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris]] and the [[École supérieure de journalisme de Lille]].

He later worked for a number of years as a journalist, [[News presenter|broadcaster]], campaigner and policy advisor, before going on to study history and complete his PhD on "South Asian doctors and the development of [[general practice]] in Great Britain (c.1948-c.1983)". He has since continued to publish articles, book chapters and books on topics surrounding medical migration and healthcare.

==Early life and education==
Julian Simpson was born in the North East of England in December 1970,<ref name="MUPSimpson">[https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/julian.simpson.html Dr Julian SimpsonDiploma, PostgradDip, MA, PhD.] University of Manchester. Retrieved 10 August 2018.</ref> with his ancestry having roots in Ireland, Germany and the [[Indian subcontinent]]. His early education was in France, following which he attended high school at the Lycée National Léon Mba in Gabon, with intermittent summer holidays back in [[Howdon]], North Tyneside, where he first witnessed South Asian migrant doctors in [[general practice]] in an industrial working-class region.<ref name="Simpson2018">{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Julian M.|title=Migrant Architects of the NHS: South Asian Doctors and the Reinvention of British General Practice (1940s–1980s)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHlUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|year=2018|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-78499-130-2|pages=ix–xi|chapter=Preface}}</ref>

Upon return to France, he completed his secondary education<ref name="Simpson2018"/> and gained admission to the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Paris and then trained as a journalist at École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.<ref name=MUPSimpson/> Subsequently, as a French citizen, working for the French [[Foreign Office]], he went to Romania to do his [[national service]].<ref name="Simpson2018"/>

==Career==
In addition to being French, he is also a British citizen,<ref name="Simpson2018"/> and he returned to the UK where he worked with the [[BBC World Service]], broadcasting to [[African French|French speaking Africa]] and contributing to other programmes and the BBC website.<ref name="Simpson2018"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/other_history/newsid_1991000/1991453.stm|title=1970: The roaring Lions|date=16 May 2002|publisher=BBC News|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> He later worked as a spokesman for the [[Scottish Refugee Council]] in the early 2000s.<ref name="Simpson2018"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3079684.stm|title=Asylum seekers 'must head south'|date=4 September 2003|publisher=BBC News|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

He illustrated how his background, upbringing and experiences of hostilities to migrants led him to believe that a "lack of historical awareness was at least partially at the root of such attitudes"<ref name="Simpson2018"/> and this directed him to pursue a "critical engagement with the past".<ref name="Simpson2018"/>

He completed an MA in history at [[Northumbria University]], and received his PhD from Manchester University in 2012 for a thesis by the title of "South Asian doctors and the development of general practice in Great Britain (c.1948-c.1983)".<ref name=MUPSimpson/>

Between 2012 and 2014 he worked with historian Stephanie Snow on the recent history of [[Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust|Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals]] in London.<ref name="MUPSimpson"/><ref name=":StThomas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/about-us/our-history/recent-history-project.aspx|title=Research on our recent history|last=Trust|first=Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation|website=guysandstthomas.nhs.uk|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed lead researcher on a CLAHRC (Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care) Greater Manchester project, where he worked on access to general practice in the NHS and its connectedness to past official policies.<ref name="MUPSimpson"/><ref name=":CLAHRC">[https://www.clahrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/projects/historical-policy-review-access Historical Policy Review on Access to General Practice.] NHS National Institute for Health Research. Retrieved 10 August 2018.</ref>

Simpson specialises in the history of the National Health Service, migration history, oral history, and history and policy, and is a member of the board of the UK Oral History Society.<ref name=":OHS" />

In 2018 he published his research in the book ''Migrant Architects of the NHS: South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s–1980s)'', published by Manchester University Press (2018), and which formed the basis of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP’s) exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the NHS.<ref name="inews2018">{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-at-70-south-asian-doctors-immigrants-lifeblood/|title=NHS at 70: why South Asian doctors became the 'lifeblood' of the health service|last=Gallagher|first=Paul|date=18 June 2018|work=i News|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":RCGP2018">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/news/2018/april/migrants-who-made-the-nhs-college-pays-tribute-to-gps.aspx|title=Migrants who made the NHS: College pays tribute to GPs who served patients – and the profession – during difficult times in the history of general practice|last=RCGP Press|website=rcgp.org.uk|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

He is also the co-editor (with Eureka Henrich of the [[University of Hertfordshire]]) of ''History, Historians and the Immigration Debate: Going Back to Where We Came From''. This volume, published by [[Palgrave Macmillan]] (2018) is a series of essays by immigration historians who relate their work to contemporary policy controversies around migration. It includes contributions by leading historians of immigration, Donna Gabaccia, Leo Lucassen and Gérard Noiriel.<ref>[https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319971223#aboutBook ''History, Historians and the Immigration Debate''.] Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 10 August 2018.</ref>

==Selected publications==
===Books===
*[http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784991302/ ''Migrant Architects of the NHS: South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s–1980s)''], [[Manchester University Press]], February 2018, {{ISBN|978-1-7849-9130-2}}.
*[https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319971223/ ''History, Historians and the Immigration Debate: Going Back to Where We Came From ''(with Eureka Henrich)], Palgrave Macmillan, October 2018, {{ISBN|978-3-319-97122-3}}.

===Book chapter===
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=YtsQDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 "Providing "Special" Types of Labour and Exerting Agency: How Migrant Doctors have Shaped the United Kingdom's National Health Service"], in Laurence Monnais & David Wright (Eds.) (2016) ''Doctors Beyond Borders: The Transnational Migration of Physicians in the Twentieth Century''. Toronto: [[University of Toronto Press]]. pp. 208–229. (with Stephanie Snow and Aneez Esmail) {{ISBN|978-1-4426-2961-5}}.

===Papers===
*[https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2336 "Where are UK trained doctors? The migrant care law and its implications for the NHS"], ''[[British Medical Journal]]'', 31 May 2018, {{doi|10.1136/bmj.k2336}}.
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4617262/ "Adding the past to the policy mix: an historical approach to the issue of access to general practice in England"], ''British Journal of General Practice'', co-authored with Stephanie Snow, Kath Checkland and Aneez Esmail, November 2015, {{doi|10.3399/bjgp15X687601}}, {{PMCID|PMC4617262}}, {{PMID|26500315}} pp. 606–607.
*[https://academic.oup.com/ohr/article-abstract/44/1/77/2990137?redirectedFrom=PDF "Why we should try to get the joke: Humor, laughter, and the history of healthcare"], ''Oral History Review'', co-author with Stephanie Snow, 1 April 2017, {{doi|10.1093/ohr/ohw110}}, pp. 77–93.
*[https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j574 "International medical graduates and quality of care"], co-authored with Aneez Esmail, ''British Medical Journal'', 6 February 2017, {{doi|10.1136/bmj.j574}} p. 356.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24343434?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Reframing NHS history: visual sources in a study of UK-based migrant doctors"], ''Oral History'', 2014, pp. 56–68.
*[https://bjgp.org/content/61/584/208 "The UK's dysfunctional relationship with medical migrants: The Daniel Ubani case and reform of out-of-hours services"], co-authored with Aneez Esmail, ''British Journal of General Practice'', 2011, {{DOI|10.3399/bjgp11X561230}}, pp. 208–211.
*[https://bjgp.org/content/65/640/606 "Access to general practice in England: time for a policy rethink"], ''[[British Journal of General Practice]]'', October 2015, co-authored with Kath Checkland, Stephanie Snow, Jennifer Voorhees, Katy Rothwell and Aneez Esmail, {{DOI|10.3399/bjgp15X687601}} pp. 606–607.
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951177/ "Writing migrants back into NHS history: Addressing a 'collective amnesia' and its policy implications"], ''[[Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine]]'', October 2010, {{DOI|10.1258/jrsm.2010.100222}}, pp. 392–6.

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