VERY INTERESTING: NHS

 Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about

NHS

1. The National Health Service Act was published in 1946.

2. The NHS was launched on July 5th 1948

3. The Health Secretary, Aneurin Bevan, launched the NHS at Park Hospital in Manchester

4. The NHS was founded out of the ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth.

5. The NHS was founded on three core principles: that it meet the needs of everyone; that it be free at the point of

delivery; that it be based on clinical need, not ability

6. When 13-year-old Sylvia Diggery (nee Beckingham) was admitted to a Manchester hospital with a liver condition in

1948, she became the first patient to be treated by the NHS.

7. The Mental Health Act was introduced in 1959, making new provision for the care and treatment of people with

mental health problems.

8. The first heart transplant in the UK took place on May 3 1968 at the National Heart Hospital in Marylebone, London.

9. In 1972, CT scans revolutionise the way doctors examine the body

10. In 1978, the world’s first baby is born as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF)

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