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The NHS: A Difficult Beginning

The NHS: A Difficult Beginning

Celebrating the 60th birthday of the National Health Service, created by Aneurin Bevan.

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Synopsis

The story of the birth of the NHS, revealing how close its opponents came to defeating it and why some of the fiercest opposition came from the medical profession.

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