THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
THE REAL HISTORY OF THE NHS, 8 July 2008
To mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service this article returns to the past when the NHS expropriated the existing voluntary health services in 1948 and questions the value it has brought to how healthcare is provided in the present day. The number of hospital beds in the UK has fallen by some 75% since 1948 despite a population increase of over 30%. Yet, many people do not understand that Britain's standard of health care was, relative to other countries, far superior in 1948 than it is now.
CONHOME VERSION:
Through examination of NHS statistics, this article reveals that the number of hospital beds in the UK has fallen by some 75% since 1948, despite a population increase of over 30%. To mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service it analyses how the NHS expropriated the existing voluntary health services in 1948 and questions the value the NHS has brought to how healthcare is provided in the present day.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service this article returns to the past when the NHS expropriated the existing voluntary health services in 1948 and questions the value it has brought to how healthcare is provided in the present day. The number of hospital beds in the UK has fallen by some 75% since 1948 despite a population increase of over 30%. Yet, many people do not understand that Britain's standard of health care was, relative to other countries, far superior in 1948 than it is now.
CONHOME VERSION:
Through examination of NHS statistics, this article reveals that the number of hospital beds in the UK has fallen by some 75% since 1948, despite a population increase of over 30%. To mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service it analyses how the NHS expropriated the existing voluntary health services in 1948 and questions the value the NHS has brought to how healthcare is provided in the present day.