Permanent historical factsheet

NHS Launch

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

3Records
1948Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1948

Clement Attlee5 July 1948

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Presides over the government that launches the NHS.

Aneurin Bevan5 July 1948

Park Hospital · Government / Labour Party Government

Bevan opens the NHS at Park Hospital, Manchester; about 90 percent of doctors have signed up.

Aneurin Bevan5 July 1948

Park Hospital · Government / Labour Party Government

Launches the NHS at Park Hospital near Manchester.

Names involved

Aneurin BevanClement Attlee

Provenance

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