Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him. The National Health Service (NHS) was one of the major achievements of Clement Attlee's Labour government. By July 1948, Minister for Health, Aneurin Bevan had helped guide the National Health Service Act through Parliament. The introduction of the NHS provided people with diagnosis and treatment of illness. This included dental and ophthalmic services, free of charge for all those in need of its services. This short animation on the National Health Service Scheme stars Charley. It was to show the public how the main services would affect an ordinary family, including Charley's wife - even if he did consider her 'as strong as a blooming horse!' The National Health Service was expensive. In April 1951, the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Gaitskell, placed a shilling on every prescription. He also announced that people would have to pay half the cost of dentures and spectacles. Outraged at the...
Animation short promoting general health awareness. The century between the first Public Health Act of 1848 and the start of the NHS in 1948 has been regarded as the golden age of public health....
Charley questions the need for the National Insurance Acts of 1948. The key principle underpinning the Welfare State was that it was universal. And that it would also be free of discrimination,...
Charley junior is told about his future schooldays by a celestial nursemaid. The immediate post-war Labour government introduced many social reforms under the guise of the Welfare State and...
This film shows in light fashion how to set about replanning a town. In the immediate post-war period 'New Towns' were considered to represent one of the main hopes for the future. Designed to...
Asst. Sec. of Defense for Health Affairs, Ward Casscells and Public Health Service Asst. Sec. for Health, Adm. Joxel Garcia conduct a briefing at the Pentagon to discuss a new agreement with PHS...
Gerry Bell, National Weather Service, Lead Seasonal Hurricane Forecaster talks about the hurricane season, which started yesterday, and how the government forecasts hurricanes. The National Weather...
For months, you have heard me talk about fiscal responsibility and tightening our belts. This week, I had the privilege of signing the 2007-2008 budget. As I carefully considered each item...
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