Free Health Care For All

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In 1948 the British government carried out an ambitious shake-up of post war society, establishing the foundations of a welfare state. A cornerstone of this new vision was the creation of the National Health Service, the NHS, providing free universal health care for everyone in the UK. Mike Lanchin has been hearing the memories of Olive Belfield, a former nurse and health visitor, and of Dr John Marks, one of the first doctors to qualify to work in the new NHS.

Photo: Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, meeting a patient at Papworth Village Hospital, after the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 (Edward G Malindine/Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less searching
0:25.7	and a lot more watching. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	Hello and welcome to the witness podcast with me Mike Lanchin, history told by the people who are there.
0:36.3	Now just before today's programme, here's a message about another amazing BBC World Service
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0:42.4	Hello, I'm Neil McCarthy.
0:44.0	Just before Witness starts,
0:46.0	I want to bring you up to date with my podcast
0:48.0	because a lot's been happening during the last few weeks.
0:51.0	Death in Ice Valley has become quite popular around the world and thanks if you've downloaded it.
0:55.3	And our investigation is progressing as we try to piece together as much as we can about the life of a woman
1:01.3	whose body was found in Norway in 1970.
1:04.0	It's becoming a Cold War mystery.
1:06.0	There are now seven episodes to catch up on.
1:09.0	Search for Death in Ice Valley.
1:11.0	Thanks, Neil.
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