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NHS IVF Milestone NHS Development

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1978

James Callaghan1978

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government

This NHS development occurs while James Callaghan serves as Prime Minister: Louise Brown is born following in-vitro fertilisation developed by Patrick Steptoe and colleagues.

Names involved

James Callaghan

Provenance

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