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The number of critical cartoons about NHS policy increased from the 1960s, as the NHS faced cuts, and the satire movement emerged in Britain. In December 1960, cartoonist Victor Weisz drew an image for the Evening Standard showing Minister for Health Enoch Powell as a surgeon covered in blood, accusing him of making too many cuts. [78]
Aneurin Bevan: 1945–1960 (vol 2, 1973) PP 100–216; Fox, D. Health Policies, Health Politics: The British and American Experience 1911–1965 (Princeton U.P., 1986). Fraser, D. The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy Since the Industrial Revolution (London: Macmillan, 1973).
This was the first time the NHS had been reorganised in the UK since it was established in 1948. [1] The next major reorganisations would be the Health Services Act 1980 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 which repealed the 1973 Act. It created a two-tier system of area health authorities (AHAs) which answered to regional health authorities ...
The NHS was established within the differing nations of the United Kingdom through differing legislation, and as such there has never been a singular British healthcare system, instead there are 4 health services in the United Kingdom; NHS England, the NHS Scotland, HSC Northern Ireland and NHS Wales, which were run by the respective UK government ministries for each home nation before falling ...
The original three systems were established in 1948 (NHS Wales/GIG Cymru was founded in 1969) as part of major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. [ 3 ]
The National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6.c. 81) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales thus being the first implementation of the Beveridge model.
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In August 2000, the Labour government announced the NHS Plan 2000, then known as the "NHS Plan", which was described as the "biggest shake up of the NHS since it was established in 1948". [2] The plan was described in an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal as "As good as it gets—make the most of it" [3]