The Birth of the NHS

Season 1Episode 1130 minSept. 19, 2011
The Birth of the NHS

This episode comes from the College of Medical and Dental Sciences in Birmingham and looks back to 1948 and the formation of the NHS.

June Rosen shares a childhood memory of serving breakfast to the health secretary Nye Bevan on the day he announced the birth of the NHS, while Aneira Thomas reveals her remarkable claim to fame: she was the first baby born on the NHS. And one of Britain's top nurses, Nola Ishmael, shares her experiences on arriving from Barbados to start her training.

The Birth of the NHS has aired on Sept. 19, 2011 at 18:30
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