Medical history taking | structure and mnemonics This article is about medical history taking. The history is vital. Full stop. It is the most important skill of all doctors. Everywhere. Every day. Ba...
Very Short History of NHS (One Sentence Per Decade) 1940s: The Foundation Act: National Health Service Act 1946 Launched by Health Secretary Aneurin Bevan on 5th July, 1948, the National Health Servic...
A Short History of the NHS: From 1911 to the Present Day The National Health Service (NHS) is the backbone of British society. Understanding its evolution—from the early days of National Insurance to ...
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 1960s. Key Events. Many of the NHS changes in the 1960s (and early) 70s reflected the social change of time, e.g. oral contraception, and the Abortion Act (i.e. part of the ...
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,...
Early History of NHS | 1900-1948 Like the 19th Century, the first half of the 20th Century focused on public health. But the 1905 Minority Report on the Poor Law and Unemployed also called for a ‘stat...
NHS | Origins and Prehistory This article describes Pre-Twentieth Century Healthcare, and the Origins (i.e. Prehistory) of the NHS. Even though there was by no means a nationalised state-funded health...
What is the History of the NHS in One Sentence? While the “official” birthday of the NHS is July 5, 1948, its history is a complex evolution from 19th-century “poor laws” to a ...
