The National Health Service: A Political History

by Charles Webster

The foundation of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948 was a momentous development in the history of the United Kingdom. Webster's political history is an entirely new and original examination of the NHS from its inception through to its management under the first term of the current Labour government, providing the necessary framework for assessing its future as we enter the new millennium.

Genres: History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Charles Webster, BSc, MSc, MA, DSc, is Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.