Appointed Day Preparation
Prepares the service for launch on 5 July 1948.
Role range: 1945-1951
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Aneurin Bevan Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Aneurin Bevan through 209 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Aneurin Bevan, historical timeline
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1947
Consultant Negotiations
Negotiates terms for hospital consultants within the NHS.
Role range: 1945-1951
Dental Service Planning
Prepares dental services for entry into the NHS.
Role range: 1945-1951
Executive Councils
Plans executive councils for family practitioner services.
Role range: 1945-1951
Health Centres Debate
Supports health centres but faces cost and staffing limits.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Management Committee Planning
The Ministry prepares hospital management committees to run groups of hospitals beneath the regional boards when the NHS comes into operation.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Transfer Planning
Prepares voluntary and municipal hospitals for transfer.
Role range: 1945-1951
Housing Targets
Faces pressure over the pace of postwar housing construction.
Role range: 1945-1951
Local Health Authorities
Assigns local health authorities duties for community services.
Role range: 1945-1951
NHS Regulations
Prepares regulations for NHS administration.
Role range: 1945-1951
Optical Service Planning
Prepares ophthalmic services for free treatment at launch.
Role range: 1945-1951
Pharmaceutical Service Planning
Plans pharmaceutical services free at the point of use.
Role range: 1945-1951
Prefabricated Housing
Uses temporary and prefabricated housing to ease shortages.
Role range: 1945-1951
Regional Hospital Board Appointments
Bevan oversees the appointment and preparation of regional hospital boards that will take responsibility for hospital services on the appointed day.
Role range: 1945-1951
Regional Hospital Boards
Plans regional hospital boards for England and Wales.
Role range: 1945-1951
Specialist Services
Integrates specialist hospital services into national planning.
Role range: 1945-1951
1948
Doctors' Terms
Offers concessions to secure medical profession participation.
Role range: 1945-1951
Doctor Sign-Up
Secures broad general practitioner participation before launch.
Role range: 1945-1951
NHS Leaflet
Explains the new service to households before Appointed Day.
Role range: 1945-1951
Public Information Campaign
Promotes the new service before launch day.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Nationalisation
free medical treatment for the entire population from the cradle to the grave. Bevan opens the NHS, 90% of doctors sign up
Role range: 1945-1951 – 1945-1951
NHS Launch
Bevan opens the NHS at Park Hospital, Manchester; about 90 percent of doctors have signed up.
Role range: 1945-1951 – 1945-1951
National Health Service Launch
By NHS Appointed Day, July 5, 1948, 90% of doctors had signed up for the new service. Bevan opens one of the world's first and most comprehensive health services to the British people
Role range: 1945-1951
National Health Service Launch
Ends doctors' professional independence and their right to buy or sell general practices. Charity hospitals and former poor law hospitals run by local authorities are nationalised.
Role range: 1945-1951
Poor Law
Charity hospitals and former poor law hospitals run by local authorities are nationalised
Role range: 1945-1951
Ambulance Services
Ambulance provision forms part of the new public service.
Role range: 1945-1951
Dental Treatment
Dental treatment becomes available through the NHS.
Role range: 1945-1951
Executive Councils Begin
Executive councils start administering contracts and payments for general practitioners, dentists, pharmacists and opticians within the new NHS structure.
Role range: 1945-1951
Executive Councils Start
Executive councils begin managing family practitioner services.
Role range: 1945-1951
Family Doctors
Brings most family doctors into the health service.
Role range: 1945-1951
First NHS Hospital
Receives symbolic hospital keys at Park Hospital.
Role range: 1945-1951
Free at Point of Use
Establishes services free at the point of delivery.
Role range: 1945-1951
General Practice
General practice enters the new service after difficult negotiations.
Role range: 1945-1951
General Practitioner Contractor Status
General practitioners enter the NHS as independent contractors rather than salaried state employees, preserving a model that becomes central to British primary care.
Role range: 1945-1951
General Taxation
Launches a service mainly funded through general taxation.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Boards
Oversees regional hospital boards at launch.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Consultants
Consultants join the NHS while retaining private practice rights.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Management Committees Begin
Hundreds of hospital management committees begin administering local groups of NHS hospitals under the supervision of the regional hospital boards.
Role range: 1945-1951
Hospital Transfer
Hospitals transfer into the new national service.
Role range: 1945-1951
Local Authority Services
Local authorities begin new community health duties.
Role range: 1945-1951
Records, sources and methodology
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