A local member of the Labour Party, a neighbour, is angry at the Labour Party, because he says "It isn't the party I joined, I was born when the NHS was formed and it promised to look after me from cradle to the grave. It did the former but it won't do the latter."
It is worth thinking back to 1948 when Labour introduced the NHS. It wasn't easy. Aneurin Bevan, the Heath Minister fought tooth and nail the active hostility and opposition of the medical profession to get the measure through.
The NHS was the first national healtcare service that was free Before the NHS many people could not afford medical treatment. With its introduction it was as if decades of untreated medical conditions were revealed for the first time. Do we want to go back to those days. See Blog NHS Marr's Modern Britain
The NHS was the first national healtcare service that was free Before the NHS many people could not afford medical treatment. With its introduction it was as if decades of untreated medical conditions were revealed for the first time. Do we want to go back to those days. See Blog NHS Marr's Modern Britain
Its worth taking some time to explore these events and the reason why the NHS was such a breakthrough for working people.
The Socialist Health Association website is worth exploring as it has a collection of Bevan's speeches, and explores the history of the NHS its rationale and prospective future.
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