A Welsh Labour Party politician who, as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's post-war government, launched the National Health Service on 5 July 1948. He pushed the service through against opposition from the British Medical Association, insisting it be comprehensive, free at the point of delivery and available according to clinical need rather than ability to pay. He served as Minister of Health and Housing from 1945 to 1951.
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Notable ForLaunching the National Health Service as Minister of Health on 5 July 1948, and securing its founding principles of comprehensive, universal care free at the point of delivery. 2 Connections
Institutions Founded
Aneurin Bevan, UK Minister of Health, championed and launched the National Health Service on 5 July 1948, the standard historical framing of him as the NHS's founder.
Source The National Archives: The Foundation of the NHS
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1. Wikipedia: Aneurin Bevan
WikipediaLead section
was a Welsh Labour Party politician
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Aneurin "Nye" Bevan
View the Source 2. The National Archives: The Foundation of the NHS
The National Archives (UK)Biographical section
Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan became Minister of Health after Labour's 1945 election victory.
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On 5 July 1948, just three years after a ruinous total war, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) opened.
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