Your very good health
In a public service information film from 1948, Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him.
By Halas & Batchelor from the fascinating collection of British Government Public Information Films at archive.org.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Is it the same animal today?
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September 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 am
No, it isn’t. There have been changes along the way, the big ones being prescription charges and less provision for dentistry and glasses. Beyond that, there are more, costlier medicines, new techniques and so on and so forth. Nevertheless, it still more-or-less delivers.
I’d add that it’s only now becoming a national healthservice; it always used to be a national sickness service, but healthcare (which moves beyond the actual NHS) is becoming more about prevention.