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An analysis of the factors that led to the creation of the NHS.

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Original post by Watso82
On the 5th July 1948 a historic moment occurred and health care became accessible for all, not just those who could afford it, and the NHS was born. Its birth was the product of labour amongst those who felt the healthcare service insufficient especially for the poor. This idea can be traced back to the early 1900’s when socialist Beatrice Webb wrote a report regarding the poor laws. Benjamin Moore, a Liverpool physician had a pioneering vision he wrote “The Dawn of the Health Age” in which he used the term National Health service. Some years later his ideas featured in the Beveridge Plan for the NHS. By the Second World War, the London Council was running the largest public service of its kind for healthcare. The wartime period necessitated the Emergency Hospital Service, making these services dependent on the government. By 1941, the Ministry of Health was in the process of agreeing a post-war health policy with the aim that services would be available to the entire general public. By 1941, the Ministry of Health was in the process of agreeing a post-war health policy with the aim that services would be available to the entire general public, soldiers returning wounded from battle added to a growing social hunger for change. William Beveridge’s Report for “comprehensive health and rehabilitation services” was supported across the House of Commons by all parties. These ideas were taken on by the next Health Minister Aneurin Bevan.

Hi, this is a great piece of writing and just wondered where you got this from and what was your reference?

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