The National Health Service is said to be as sick as the patients It serves. The symptoms are waiting lists and a burgeoning private sector. How far do the compromises Bevan made to the doctors In 1948 contribute to the current problems of the service?
Michael Neve, Lecturer in the History of Medicine at University College, London, reflects on the origins of the NHS.
With LORD TAYLOR OF HARLOW, LORD HILL OF LUTON, THE RT HON ENOCH POWELL , MP, THE RT HON MICHAEL FOOT , MP
Producer david PERRY