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36 The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to this advertisement Luxury living, exceptional care At Signature, we know that the only person who can decide what a luxurious care home looks like is you. That’s why we’re inviting you to join us for a short stay, so you can get to know us - and we can get to know what will delight you most. Ideal for respite or convalescence, a short break is a great chance to enjoy everything that Signature has to offer. Whether you prefer an evening gin and tonic in the garden, a board game or Zumba class, an indulgent salon session or good movie in our cinema, come and experience what life at Signature is like for yourself. RESIDENTIAL | NURSING | DEMENTIA CARE | RESPITE Willow View, Caversham RG4 6LB 2 To see what Signature at Caversham has to offer please contact our Client Liaison Manager on 0118 914 4568 or email enquiries.caversham@signaturesl.co.uk to book a visit. 2 Willow View, Caversham RG4 6LB | signature-care-homes.co.uk SIG_ADV_CAV_0523_SonningParishMag_02.indd 1
History Was it really . . . The Parish Magazine - July/August 2023 37 75 years of National Health Charlotte Leaper, dreamstime.com The Aneurin Bevan Stones at Bryn Serth, Ebbw Vale. Erected in Aneurin Bevan's memory to mark the spot of his open air meetings to constituents. Bevan was a founder of the UK's National Health Service. . . . 400 YEARS AGO on 4 July 1623 that William Byrd (above), English Renaissance composer, died. He is regarded as one of the greatest British composers, and is best known for his sacred music. . . . 175 YEARS AGO on 7 July 1848 that Waterloo railway station in London opened. . . . 150 YEARS AGO on 19 July 1873 that British-born Australian explorer William Gosse discovered Ayers Rock and named it in honour of Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia. It is now known as Uluru/ Ayers Rock. . . . 125 YEARS AGO on 30 July 1898 that Henry Moore, British sculptor and illustrator, was born. He is best known for his monumental semi-abstract bronze sculptures. . . . 100 YEARS AGO on 13 July 1923 that the Hollywood Sign was officially dedicated in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It was originally erected as a temporary advert for a housing development called Hollywoodland. . . . 80 YEARS AGO on 25 July 1943 that Britain’s RAF bombed the Fokker aircraft factory in Amsterdam. . . . 75 YEARS AGO on 5 July 1948 that the National Health Service (NHS) began operating. . . . 60 YEARS AGO on 1 July 1963 that the British government revealed that intelligence officer Kim Philby was a long-term Soviet spy and that he was the ‘third man’ in the Cambridge spy ring. On 30 July the Soviet Union announced they had granted him political asylum. . . . 60 YEARS AGO on 12 July 1963 that the Moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, killed their first victim, 16-year-old Pauline Reade, on Saddleworth Moor. . . . 15 YEARS AGO on 31 July 2008 that NASA reported that its Phoenix Mars Lander had found frozen water in a soil sample taken from below the surface of Mars. By Tim Lenton, Parish Pump It was 75 years ago, on 5 July 1948, that the National Health Service (NHS) began operating. It was formally opened at the Park Hospital in Manchester, now renamed Trafford General. The National Health Service Act provided for the establishment of a comprehensive health service for England and Wales. (Separate legislation was produced for Scotland and Northern Ireland.) The Minister of Health at the time was Labour firebrand Aneurin Bevan, but the NHS came into being through the efforts of many others as well – notably Conservative Sir Henry Willink, who was Minister of Health in the Coalition government in 1944. His White Paper laid down all the basic elements of an NHS – that no-one was excluded, and that healthcare was free and based on need, not the ability to pay. THE ORIGINS But the origins of the NHS went back many years, starting perhaps in the early 1900s, with socialist Beatrice Webb’s Minority Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law. It aimed to get away from the workhouse system, where those with no resources were expected to look after themselves. The report was dismissed by the Liberal government. Strong ideas in the same vein had also come from biochemist Dr Benjamin Moore, from Liverpool, who is also credited with first use of the words 'National Health Service'. A novel called The Citadel by D J Cronin (also a doctor) drew attention to the inadequacies of health care at the time of its publication in 1937. In the end, the NHS was based to a large extent on the Beveridge Report, published in 1942. William Beveridge was a Liberal politician, economist and social reformer who also had a strong interest in eugenics – the aim of improving the human race by controlling reproduction. Today staffing shortages are currently one of the biggest problems facing the healthcare system, with staff numbers and retention among core concerns. As of September 2022, there were around 134,000 vacancies in the NHS, representing around 10% of its entire workforce.
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