What’s the purpose of the NHS? Why was it set up?
What’s the purpose of the NHS? Why was it set up? Equality in healtcare – is the short answer. The NHS was set up in 1948, so that everybody shared the burden of paying for healthcare from...
What’s the purpose of the NHS? Why was it set up? Equality in healtcare – is the short answer. The NHS was set up in 1948, so that everybody shared the burden of paying for healthcare from...
What is the History of the NHS? On 5th July 1948, Labour Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan MP, launched the NHS at Park Hospital in Manchester (Trafford General Hospital). This picture is him with the...
NHS 1948: 3 Core Principles The three core principles of the National Health Service (NHS) when it was founded in 1948 were: Universality: The NHS is available to the entire population Equity: The NHS...
NHS History Timeline – Year by Year This article is a year-by-year timeline of the history of the NHS. The 1940s 1945 Labour Government (Clement Attlee MP) 1946 (July). Government. National Heal...
A Very Short History of NHS – One Sentence Per Decade The key Acts of Parliament or reports in each decade, and lead political parties, which have moulded what we see today, are described. 1910s...
A Short History of the NHS This is a summary of the history of the UK’s NHS. Each era has a title that includes key Acts of Parliament, reports and plans. Before the NHS – National Insurance Act...
History of NHS: 2000 – Present Day The 2000s. NHS Targets (NHS Plan 2000) and Scandals Key events: NHS Plan further developed the Internal Market and formalised targets. One major and two minor ...
History of NHS – 1980-2000 1980s. Inequalities in Health – Black (1980) and Griffiths (1983) Reports Key events: Black Report confirmed inequalities according to socio-economic status. Griffiths NHS M...
History of NHS – 1960-1980 Key Events. Many of the NHS changes in the 1960s and 70s reflected the social change of time, e.g. oral contraception, and the Abortion Act (i.e. part of the changing roles ...
History of NHS – 1948-1960 Mid and later 1940s – NHS launched 5th July 1948 1945 Harry S. Truman orders the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (6 and 9 August) Japan surrendered on 2 September,...
