Launch of the NHS

On 5 July 1948, the NHS was launched by the then Health Secretary, Aneurin Bevan, at Park Hospital in Manchester (known today as Trafford General Hospital).

For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella to provide services for free at the point of delivery.

“No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means” 
Aneurin Bevan

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