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20th Century

A brief guide to the history of the NHS

Susan Cohen discusses the highs and lows of the NHS, from its creation in 1948 to the challenges it faces today. (Image by Getty Images)
20th Century

The NHS: a brief history

Listening in: a doctor uses a stethoscope to examine a patient in 1948. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)
20th Century

The birth pains of the NHS: how Britain’s National Health Service was created

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Nurses serve lunch to patients at a Birmingham hospital, 1939. (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)
20th Century

Paying for healthcare: life in Britain before the ‘free’ NHS

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20th Century

“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation

N Dubois de Chémant demonstrating his own, and a grotesque female patient's false teeth, to a prospective male patient with grossly disfigured teeth. (Wellcome Collection)
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A bite-sized history of teeth

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The painful truth about rationing in the NHS

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Does history support the argument for NHS reform?

Labour politician Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the National Health Service, 20 August 1945. (Photo by John F Stephenson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
General Modern

The NHS: what can we learn from history?

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