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Aneurin Bevan NHS Timeline
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18 records1946–1950
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| Date | Person | Event | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 November 1946 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | National Health Service Act Royal Assent | London, Great Britain | The National Health Service Act receives Royal Assent, giving statutory authority for the new comprehensive health service in England and Wales. |
| 1946 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Central Health Services Council | London, Great Britain | The NHS Act establishes the Central Health Services Council as a professional advisory body able to advise the Minister on the development of health services. |
| 1946 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Executive Council Framework | London, Great Britain | The legislation creates executive councils to administer family practitioner services, including general medical, dental, pharmaceutical and ophthalmic care. |
| 1946 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Regional Hospital Board Structure | London, Great Britain | The NHS legislation establishes regional hospital boards to plan and administer hospital services across large areas once the new service begins. |
| 1946 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Teaching Hospital Governance | London, Great Britain | The NHS framework provides separate boards of governors for major teaching hospitals, preserving a distinct administrative role within the national system. |
| 1947 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Hospital Management Committee Planning | London, Great Britain | The Ministry prepares hospital management committees to run groups of hospitals beneath the regional boards when the NHS comes into operation. |
| 1947 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Regional Hospital Board Appointments | London, Great Britain | Bevan oversees the appointment and preparation of regional hospital boards that will take responsibility for hospital services on the appointed day. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Executive Councils Begin | Great Britain, Great Britain | Executive councils start administering contracts and payments for general practitioners, dentists, pharmacists and opticians within the new NHS structure. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | General Practitioner Contractor Status | Great Britain, Great Britain | General practitioners enter the NHS as independent contractors rather than salaried state employees, preserving a model that becomes central to British primary care. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Hospital Management Committees Begin | Great Britain, Great Britain | Hundreds of hospital management committees begin administering local groups of NHS hospitals under the supervision of the regional hospital boards. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Local Health Authority Services | Great Britain, Great Britain | Local health authorities retain responsibility for community services including health visiting, maternity support, ambulances and preventive health work within the NHS settlement. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Municipal Hospitals Transfer | Great Britain, Great Britain | Municipal hospitals pass into the new NHS, integrating a large network of general, mental health and long-stay beds into the national service. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Regional Hospital Boards Begin | Great Britain, Great Britain | Fourteen regional hospital boards begin operating in England and Wales, taking strategic responsibility for hospital planning and specialist services. |
| 5 July 1948 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Voluntary Hospitals Transfer | Great Britain, Great Britain | More than one thousand voluntary hospitals in England and Wales transfer into the NHS, bringing their beds and services into public administration. |
| 1949 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | NHS Specialist Services Development | London, Great Britain | Regional hospital boards begin developing coordinated specialist services so patients can be referred across local hospital boundaries for more advanced treatment. |
| 1949 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Nurses Act Training Reform | London, Great Britain | The Nurses Act creates regional nurse training arrangements, strengthening the organisation and oversight of nursing education during the NHS's first years. |
| 1950 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | Hospital Administration Review | London, Great Britain | A committee is appointed to examine internal hospital administration, reflecting concern about how the newly nationalised hospital system should be managed efficiently. |
| 1950 | Aneurin Bevan Minister · Minister of Health | NHS Expenditure Ceiling | London, Great Britain | The government imposes a ceiling on NHS expenditure as demand and costs rise rapidly during the service's early period of expansion. |