Days before the National Health Service launched, Aneurin Bevan spoke to his former colleagues in Tribune about the socialist philosophy which inspired its creation.
In the years leading up to the creation of the NHS, its founder Aneurin Bevan edited this magazine. He used its pages to advocate for a healthcare revolution.
Journalist Fergal Kinney sat down with Paul Unwin and Jeremy Brock to discuss the iconic BBC programme’s roots, its portrayal of the National Health Service, and the politics that shaped its message.
At long last, the NHS’s opponents have hit on a strategy that could bring about its demise: starve public healthcare of funding and let private interests grow in its place.
The last year has seen historic walkouts across the NHS. Workers are fighting not just for terms and conditions but for the future of public healthcare.
An NHS doctor writes anonymously for Tribune about working in a National Health Service starved of the funds and staff needed to care for its patients.
David Rowland, one of Britain’s leading health policy experts, gives Tribune his view on the future of the NHS — and whether it will survive its latest crises.
