70 Years of the NHS
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Updated: 14 Dec 2017
A history of the NHS since 1948 to present day.
information was taken from NHS Choices: https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/nhshistory/Pages/the-nhs%20history.aspx
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Created byAsh Howson
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Birth of the NHSDNA structure revealedPolio and diphtheria vaccinations programme launchedSmoking and cancer link establishedDaily hospital visits for children introducedFirst UK kidney transplantContraceptive pill is widely made availableFirst full hip replacementThe Abortion Act is introducedBritain's first heart transplantBritish woman gives birth to sextuplets after fertility treatmentCT scans revolutionise the way doctors examine the bodyEndorphins are discoveredThe world's first IVF baby is bornThe first successful bone marrow transplant on a child takes placeMRI scans introducedKeyhole surgery used for first timeThe Black ReportImproved health of babiesBritain’s youngest liver transplant patientFirst AIDS health campaignNHS Community Care ActBreast screening introducedFirst 57 NHS trusts establishedNHS Organ Donor Register is set upNHS Direct launchedNHS walk-in centres introducedPrimary care trusts launchedFirst successful gene therapyExtended patient choiceNHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme launchedVaccination of babies against pneumococcal meningitis beginsImproving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programmeSmoking banIntroduction of robotic arm leads to groundbreaking heart operationsNHS turns 60HPV vaccination programmeNHS screening anniversaryRelaunch of the antibiotics awareness campaignLaunch of NHS 111 pilotsThe Health and Social Care BillSuccessful trial of an artificial pancreasFirst man in the UK to receive an artificial plastic heartThe Health and Social Care Act 2012Increasing patient choice of GP practicesThe new NHSE-cigarettes to be regulated as medicinesThe National Health Service 65th anniversaryCommonwealth Fund publishes update to the 2010 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall report
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