The Birth of the NHS
Today we are pulling up at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences in Birmingham, to look back to 1948 and the formation of the NHS. June Rosen will share with us a childhood memory of serving breakfast to the health secretary Nye Bevan on the day he announced the birth of the NHS. We will hear Aneira Thomas' remarkable claim to fame, as the first baby born on the NHS. And one of Britain's top nurses, Nola Ishmael, will share her experiences on arriving from Barbados to start her training.
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