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Consignment - Aneurin Bevan announces proposals for setting up National Health Service. 

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Clement Attlee's Labour government created the NHS, based on the proposals of the Beveridge Report , prepared in 1942. The structure of the NHS in England and Wales was established by the National Health Service Act 1946 (1946 Act). The introduction of the service was carried out by Aneurin Bevan as Secretary of State for Health, the "Appointed Day" for its launch being July 5th, 1948. 

Martin Parr 1998

GB. England. London. GP, Dr. Ramnik Dattani. 1998. 

Martin Parr 1998

G.B. ENGLAND. London. Patients waiting in an East London surgery.... 

Martin Parr 1998

GB. England. London. GP, Dr. Ramnik Dattani in his Hackney surgery.... 

Peter Marlow 2000

GB. England. Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. Blood Bank. 2000. 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. London. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. London. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. London. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter Helicopter lands... 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. England. London. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter, collects... 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. ENGLAND. London. Whitechapel. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter... 

Peter Marlow 1997

GB. London. Air Ambulance - HEMS Helicopter 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

GB. Manchester. Wounded man with bandaged cheek and bloody shirt.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. The lithotripter. Dissolving... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Special care baby unit. 1990.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Hydro-therapy: Exercises in... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital, Physiotherapist works with... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Child with breathing difficulties.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Mother-to-be sees her baby... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Determination in learning to... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

G.B. ENGLAND. London. St Thomas's Hospital. Turning a patient... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

GB. ENGLAND. London. St ThomasÕs Hospital, the old peoples ward.... 

Stuart Franklin 1989

GB. Deaf and blind child in care being bathed. 1988. 

Stuart Franklin 1989

England. Oxford. Old people's home. 1989 

Stuart Franklin 1989

England. Oxford. Old people's home. 1989 

Stuart Franklin 1989

England. Glaxo. Pharmacy industry. 1989 

Ian Berry 1969

GB. London. Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, England, 1969.... 

Ian Berry 1969

G.B. ENGLAND. Midlands. An elderly white patient wakes up in... 

Ian Berry 1969

GB. ENGLAND. London. Battersea. Doctors waiting room. 1969. 

Ian Berry 1969

GB. London. Hospital waiting room in Whitechapel, east London,... 

Ian Berry 1969

GB. London. Hospital waiting area in Whitechapel, east London,... 

Ian Berry 1969

G.B. ENGLAND. Midlands. Hospital geriatric ward. 1969. 

Ian Berry 1969

Europe. England. London. Whitechapel. Elderly patient being... 
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