Birth of the National Health Service | The early history of the NHS
Panorama | Ambulances
The ambulance services are under fire.
CHANNEL | BBC Television Service
FIRST BROADCAST | 01 July 1963
DURATION | 9 minutes 33 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1963
Synopsis
Through following those whose lives are involved in various ways, this programme provides a picture of the ambulance service 15 years after the creation of the NHS.
Did you know?
Parts of the NHS were criticised from within the Labour Party soon after its creation. The economic climate made it difficult to increase funding in the 1960s and 1970s.
The term 'ambulance' derives from the French 'hôpital ambulant', or 'mobile field hospital'. St John Ambulance was the first and only provider of an ambulance service prior to the NHS.
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