Book ID: CBB299066145

The NHS at 70: A Living History (2018)

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Welch, Ellen (Author)


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Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 152
Language: English

At midnight on 5th July 1948, the National Health Service was born with the founding principle to be free at the point of use and based on clinical need rather than on a person’s ability to pay. Seventy years since its formation, these core principles still hold true, although the world we now live in is a very different place to the post war era in which it was formed, and the long term sustainability of the service in its current form is questionable.This book traces the history of our health service, from Victorian healthcare in the early 20th century, through a timeline of change to the current day, comparing the problems and illnesses of 1948 to those we face seventy years later. Politics, funding, and healthcare systems around the world are demystified and we present case studies, views and snapshots from history from people who have experienced our changing NHS.

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Authors & Contributors
Sheard, Sally
Gorsky, Martin
Begley, Philip
Draper, Melvyn Lloyd
Clifford Williamson
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
Concepts
Public health
Health care
Medicine and government
Medicine and society
Medicine
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
United States
Bristol (England)
Manchester (England)
Wales
South Africa
Institutions
National Health Service (Great Britain)
UNICEF
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
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