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Sally Sheard on the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.

On 5 July 1948, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.

On 5 July 1948, for the first time anywhere in the world, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.

National Health Stories: Doctors Revolt

Doctors Revolt

21/06/2018

BBC Radio 4 - National Health Stories, Doctors Revolt

How Aneurin Bevan convinced his harshest critics, the doctors, to sign up to his NHS.

Before the health minister Aneurin Bevan could launch his new health service, he would need to convince the doctors, the people required to run it and also his harshest critics.

In a series tracing decisive moments in the life of our National Health Service, medical historian Sally Sheard tells the story of Aneurin Bevan's fight to convince the doctors to sign up to his new health service - the very people he'd need to run it.

Bevan's passionate proposal of his plan in Parliament wasn't quite what the doctors had in mind. Not only did he want to nationalise all hospitals, he also wanted to choose where doctors worked and how much they were paid. 

The question was, how did Bevan persuade them to give up their highly valued freedom?

Producer: Beth Eastwood.

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