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BBC Radio 4 - National Health Stories

On 5 July 1948, for the first time anywhere in the world, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Professor Sally Sheard (Head of Department of Public Health and Policy & Andrew Geddes and John Rankin Professor of Modern History at Liverpool University) reveals in this series for Radio 4 the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped our NHS.