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Articles, video and podcast episodes about the history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS)

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The NHS: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How should we see the NHS’s history on its 75th anniversary?

A man winces as he receives a flu vaccination

How Britain fell in love with the NHS

NHS nurses holding a baby.

Was there ever a golden age of the NHS?

Student nurse Dorothy Norris

A brief guide to the history of the NHS

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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)

The NHS: a brief history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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

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

What was healthcare like in Britain before the NHS?