The African Caribbean Medical Society (ACMS) is a British organization founded in 1981 by a group of black doctors.[1]
The ACMS was founded in March 1981 by doctors including Lord Pitt of Hampstead, Dr Adams, Dr Eddie Simon and Franklyn Jacobs.[2] It aimed to be a support network for black doctors, and a forum for focus on health matters relevant to British African-Caribbean people.[1] As Franklyn Jacobs recalled:
We felt that there should be a society through which black doctors (of which there were few at the time) could liaise so as to form a base from which black medical issues and health education could be promoted and championed. As founders, we each desired to give something back to our community.[2]
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- ^ a b G. Healy; F. Oikelome (2011). Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work: International Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 311–2. ISBN 978-0-230-32147-2.
- ^ a b Ann Kramer; Great Britain: Department of Health (2006). "Dr Franklyn Jacobs". Many Rivers to Cross: Caribbean People in the NHS 1948-69. The Stationery Office. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-11-322721-1.