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National Health Stories

On 5 July 1948, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.

Radio 4,24 episodes

Episodes

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Omnibus 4
The series which traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
58 mins14 Sep 2018
Omnibus 3
The series that traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
57 mins31 Aug 2018
Omnibus 2
The series which traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
57 mins24 Aug 2018
Omnibus 1
The series which traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
57 mins17 Aug 2018
Never Enough
The NHS has never had enough money. How have health ministers dealt with it?
15 mins13 Jul 2018
Nurse!
From cleaning bedpans to treating broken bones: how nursing in the NHS has changed.
14 mins12 Jul 2018
Too Much Medicine
Breast screening highlighted the issue of over-diagnosis and over-treatment in the NHS.
14 mins11 Jul 2018
Policing the Bugs
When MRSA and other hospital bugs hit the headlines, the NHS had to clean up its act.
14 mins10 Jul 2018
The New Plague
How the NHS responded to a new fatal disease, Aids, in the 1980s.
14 mins09 Jul 2018
Protest
A baby died, wards were closed and nurses went on strike. An NHS crisis in the 1980s.
15 mins06 Jul 2018
Unequal
How the Black Report in 1980 and others exposed inequalities in health in deprived areas.
15 mins05 Jul 2018
Cradle
How the NHS responded to the birth of the first test tube baby in 1978.
15 mins04 Jul 2018
Grave
How Cecily Saunders' 'modern hospice' movement forced the NHS to plan for a 'good death'.
15 mins03 Jul 2018
Scandal
How unsung heroine Barbara Robb exposed glaring gaps in the care of the mentally ill.
15 mins02 Jul 2018
Sexual Health Service
How the contraceptive pill forced the NHS to acknowledge women sexual health needs.
15 mins29 Jun 2018
Modern Hospital
How the new 'modern' hospital designs changed the relationships of staff and patients.
15 mins28 Jun 2018
Kidney Dilemma
How the life-saving 'artificial kidney' machine brought moral dilemmas in its wake.
15 mins27 Jun 2018
Hip Innovation
How life in the new NHS gave some hospital doctors the time and freedom to innovate.
15 mins26 Jun 2018
Cigarettes & Chimneys
How lung cancer forced the new NHS to ask: should it just treat disease or prevent it too?
15 mins25 Jun 2018
Free Specs & Teeth
The highs and lows that followed the launch of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948.
15 mins22 Jun 2018
Doctors Revolt
How Aneurin Bevan convinced his harshest critics, the doctors, to sign up to his NHS.
15 mins21 Jun 2018
Remedies of War
How the Second World War helped to shape the National Health Service.
15 mins20 Jun 2018
Pioneers
How some enterprising individuals addressed the health problems in their own communities.
15 mins19 Jun 2018
Poor Treatment
How the nation coped before the NHS, with basic treatments and kitchen table surgery.
15 mins18 Jun 2018