5 JULY 1948 THE NHS IS FOUNDED
Aneurin Bevan, the UK's minister of health, officially launches the new National Health Service (NHS) at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, near Manchester. Funded by taxpayers, the service enables Britons to access medical treatment regardless of their financial circumstances. The momentous occasion comes less than six years after the publication of the government and Allied Services (more commonly known as the Beveridge Report,
