Chorlton History Group, 4th July 2013
This is part of the talk given by Martin Rathfelder, Director of the Socialist Health Association about the NHS
The July session marked a departure for the History Group in that this was a session session which as well as looking at historical issues also linked them to important contemporary issues
Martin gave a run through of the setting up of the NHS, the changes in its structure since then and the role of the private sector and the debate over privatisation.
Pre NHS system of Health Insurance
Before Martin’s talk, Bernard Leach gave the historical background to two local hospitals, Park Hospital, Urmston (now Trafford General), where he was born and Manchester Royal Infirmary where he spent some time as a child after contracting polio
Bernard in MRI in 1954
5 July 1948: the then Health Minister Anuerin ‘Nye’ Bevan arrived to inaugurate the NHS by symbolically receiving the keys from Lancashire County County. Nurses formed a ‘guard of honour’
Nurses form an ‘guard of honour’ at Park Hospital for Nye Bevan
Sylvia Diggory, age 13, meets Nye Bevan at Park Hospital,
5 July 1948
Part of the Leaflet about the new NHS sent to every household in 1948
MRI in Piccadilly Manchester, 1910
King Edward VIII officially opened the new MRI building, on 6th July 1909
Chorlton Good Neighbours 