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− | This is a '''timeline of [[healthcare in the United Kingdom]]'''. Major events such as crisis, policies and organizations are described. | + | This is a '''timeline of [[wikipedia:healthcare in the United Kingdom|healthcare in the United Kingdom]]'''. Major events such as crisis, policies and organizations are described. |
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|1911-1946||A National Insurance Act is introduced in which a small amount is deducted from an employee’s wage and in return they are entitled to free healthcare. However this scheme only benefits employed individuals.<ref name="The UK Health Care System" /> | |1911-1946||A National Insurance Act is introduced in which a small amount is deducted from an employee’s wage and in return they are entitled to free healthcare. However this scheme only benefits employed individuals.<ref name="The UK Health Care System" /> | ||
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− | |1946 onwards||Following the [[Second World War]], major social reforms aim at a universal healthcare system as main purpose. A respective [[National Health Service]] (NHS) is established for England ([[NHS England]]), Scotland ([[NHS Scotland]]), and Wales ([[NHS Wales]]) as independent institutions. [[Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]] is also established. | + | |1946 onwards||Following the [[wikipedia:Second World War|Second World War]], major social reforms aim at a universal healthcare system as main purpose. A respective [[wikipedia:National Health Service|National Health Service]] (NHS) is established for England ([[wikipedia:NHS England|NHS England]]), Scotland ([[wikipedia:NHS Scotland|NHS Scotland]]), and Wales ([[wikipedia:NHS Wales|NHS Wales]]) as independent institutions. [[wikipedia:Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland|Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]] is also established. |
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− | |Present time||Today, the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is still fragmented, with [[England]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] each having their own systems of [[publicly funded healthcare]], funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision. In a 2014 report ranking developed-country healthcare systems, the overall healthcare system of the [[United Kingdom]] was ranked the best in the world in the following categories: Quality of Care (i.e. effective, safe, coordinated, patient-oriented), Access to Care, Efficiency, and Equity.<ref>{{cite web|title=How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally|url=http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref> | + | |Present time||Today, the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is still fragmented, with [[wikipedia:England|England]], [[wikipedia:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] and [[wikipedia:Wales|Wales]] each having their own systems of [[wikipedia:publicly funded healthcare|publicly funded healthcare]], funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision. In a 2014 report ranking developed-country healthcare systems, the overall healthcare system of the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] was ranked the best in the world in the following categories: Quality of Care (i.e. effective, safe, coordinated, patient-oriented), Access to Care, Efficiency, and Equity.<ref>{{cite web|title=How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally|url=http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref> |
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− | |1106||Organization||[[St Thomas' Hospital]] is established. Originally a monastery hospital.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" />||England (London) | + | |1106||Organization||[[wikipedia:St Thomas' Hospital|St Thomas' Hospital]] is established. Originally a monastery hospital.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" />||England (London) |
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− | |1123||Organization||[[St Bartholomew's Hospital]] is founded by the monk [[Rahere]] in order to give free medical care to the poor.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Barts|url=http://www.bartsgreathall.com/index.php/st-barts/history-of-barts|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1123||Organization||[[wikipedia:St Bartholomew's Hospital|St Bartholomew's Hospital]] is founded by the monk [[wikipedia:Rahere|Rahere]] in order to give free medical care to the poor.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Barts|url=http://www.bartsgreathall.com/index.php/st-barts/history-of-barts|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1550||Organization||[[St Thomas's Hospital Medical School]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club">{{cite web|title=Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club|url=http://www.gktfc.co.uk/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||[[London]] | + | |1550||Organization||[[wikipedia:St Thomas's Hospital Medical School|St Thomas's Hospital Medical School]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club">{{cite web|title=Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club|url=http://www.gktfc.co.uk/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:London|London]] |
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− | |1721||Organization||[[Guy's Hospital]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Guy's Hospital|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol22/pp36-42|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[London]]) | + | |1721||Organization||[[wikipedia:Guy's Hospital|Guy's Hospital]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Guy's Hospital|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol22/pp36-42|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:London|London]]) |
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− | |1737||Organization||[[Aberdeen Royal Infirmary]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aberdeen Royal Infirmary|url=https://www.grid.ac/institutes/grid.417581.e|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>||Scotland (Foresterhill) | + | |1737||Organization||[[wikipedia:Aberdeen Royal Infirmary|Aberdeen Royal Infirmary]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aberdeen Royal Infirmary|url=https://www.grid.ac/institutes/grid.417581.e|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>||Scotland (Foresterhill) |
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− | |1740||Organization||The [[Royal London Hospital]] is founded. It is part of [[Barts Health NHS Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal London Hospital|url=http://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/history-royal-london-hospital/|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[London]]) | + | |1740||Organization||The [[wikipedia:Royal London Hospital|Royal London Hospital]] is founded. It is part of [[wikipedia:Barts Health NHS Trust|Barts Health NHS Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal London Hospital|url=http://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/history-royal-london-hospital/|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:London|London]]) |
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− | |1766||Organization||[[Addenbrooke's Hospital]] is founded as a teaching hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Addenbrooke|url=http://www.cuh.org.uk/news/archives/addenbrookes-1766-2016-celebrating-our-past-and-caring-for-your-future|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Cambridge]]) | + | |1766||Organization||[[wikipedia:Addenbrooke's Hospital|Addenbrooke's Hospital]] is founded as a teaching hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Addenbrooke|url=http://www.cuh.org.uk/news/archives/addenbrookes-1766-2016-celebrating-our-past-and-caring-for-your-future|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Cambridge|Cambridge]]) |
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− | |1794||Organization||[[Glasgow Royal Infirmary]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, hospital, Glasgow, Scotland|url=http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/hb14.html|website=www.archives.gla.ac.uk|accessdate=14 January 2017|language=en|date=30 January 2009}}</ref>||Scotland (Glasgow) | + | |1794||Organization||[[wikipedia:Glasgow Royal Infirmary|Glasgow Royal Infirmary]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, hospital, Glasgow, Scotland|url=http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/hb14.html|website=www.archives.gla.ac.uk|accessdate=14 January 2017|language=en|date=30 January 2009}}</ref>||Scotland (Glasgow) |
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− | |1803||Organization||[[Bedford Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bedford Hospital|url=https://www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/working-here/about-bedford-hospital/our-history/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Bedford]]) | + | |1803||Organization||[[wikipedia:Bedford Hospital|Bedford Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bedford Hospital|url=https://www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/working-here/about-bedford-hospital/our-history/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Bedford|Bedford]]) |
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− | |1804||Organization||[[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] is founded. It is the first center in the world for ophthalmic treatment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moorfields|url=http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1804||Organization||[[wikipedia:Moorfields Eye Hospital|Moorfields Eye Hospital]] is founded. It is the first center in the world for ophthalmic treatment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moorfields|url=http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1815||Policy||[[Apothecaries Act 1815]] is passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. The Act introduces compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries, in modern terms [[general practitioner]]s, under the license of the [[Society of Apothecaries]]. It is the beginning of regulation of the [[medicine|medical profession]] in [[Great Britain]]. The Act requires instruction in [[anatomy]], [[botany]], [[chemistry]], ''[[materia medica]]'' and "[[wiktionary:physic|physic]]", in addition to six months of practical [[hospital]] experience.<ref>{{cite book | pages=316–317 | last=Porter |first=Roy |authorlink=Roy Porter | title=The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company | location=New York | isbn=978-0-393-31980-4 |origyear=1997 |year=1999}}</ref>|| | + | |1815||Policy||[[wikipedia:Apothecaries Act 1815|Apothecaries Act 1815]] is passed by the [[wikipedia:Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. The Act introduces compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries, in modern terms [[wikipedia:general practitioner|general practitioner]]s, under the license of the [[wikipedia:Society of Apothecaries|Society of Apothecaries]]. It is the beginning of regulation of the [[wikipedia:medicine|medical profession]] in [[wikipedia:Great Britain|Great Britain]]. The Act requires instruction in [[wikipedia:anatomy|anatomy]], [[wikipedia:botany|botany]], [[wikipedia:chemistry|chemistry]], ''[[wikipedia:materia medica|materia medica]]'' and "[[wikipedia:wiktionary:physic|physic]]", in addition to six months of practical [[wikipedia:hospital|hospital]] experience.<ref>{{cite book | pages=316–317 | last=Porter |first=Roy |authorlink=Roy Porter | title=The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company | location=New York | isbn=978-0-393-31980-4 |origyear=1997 |year=1999}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1832||Organization||The [[British Medical Association]] is established. It is the [[professional association]] and registered [[trade union]] for [[physician|doctors]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The history of the BMA|url=https://www.bma.org.uk/events/venue-hire/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1832||Organization||The [[wikipedia:British Medical Association|British Medical Association]] is established. It is the [[wikipedia:professional association|professional association]] and registered [[wikipedia:trade union|trade union]] for [[wikipedia:physician|doctors]] in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The history of the BMA|url=https://www.bma.org.uk/events/venue-hire/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1840||Organization||[[King's College Hospital]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" /><ref>{{cite web|title=King's College Hospital|url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k/10ki40-1/|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1840||Organization||[[wikipedia:King's College Hospital|King's College Hospital]] is founded.<ref name="Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Mens' Football Club" /><ref>{{cite web|title=King's College Hospital|url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k/10ki40-1/|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1851||Organization||[[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust]] is founded. It is the first hospital in the world dedicated to the study and treatment of [[cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Marsden|url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/who-we-are/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Marsden|url=http://www.electives.net/hospital/4783/preview|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1851||Organization||[[wikipedia:The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust|The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust]] is founded. It is the first hospital in the world dedicated to the study and treatment of [[wikipedia:cancer|cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Marsden|url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/who-we-are/our-history|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Marsden|url=http://www.electives.net/hospital/4783/preview|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1858||Policy||[[Medical Act 1858]] is enacted to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical Act 1858|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/21-22/90/introduction/enacted|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1858||Policy||[[wikipedia:Medical Act 1858|Medical Act 1858]] is enacted to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical Act 1858|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/21-22/90/introduction/enacted|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1859||Organization||The National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic (today [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]]) is founded. It is the first hospital in the world specializing in outpatient epilepsy care.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shorvon|first1=Simon|last2=Perucca|first2=Emilio|last3=Engel|first3=Jerome|title=The Treatment of Epilepsy|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ppKbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT651&lpg=PT651&dq=%22first+hospital+in+the+world+specializing%22&source=bl&ots=OmUDkOGsnX&sig=U4CK1EfhtiA1eN6Yk1nQ7IpP0i8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRwLTeiqvPAhXCEpAKHZTgAicQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=%22first%20hospital%20in%20the%20world%20specializing%22&f=false}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1859||Organization||The National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic (today [[wikipedia:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery|National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]]) is founded. It is the first hospital in the world specializing in outpatient epilepsy care.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shorvon|first1=Simon|last2=Perucca|first2=Emilio|last3=Engel|first3=Jerome|title=The Treatment of Epilepsy|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ppKbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT651&lpg=PT651&dq=%22first+hospital+in+the+world+specializing%22&source=bl&ots=OmUDkOGsnX&sig=U4CK1EfhtiA1eN6Yk1nQ7IpP0i8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRwLTeiqvPAhXCEpAKHZTgAicQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=%22first%20hospital%20in%20the%20world%20specializing%22&f=false}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1862||Organization||[[Birmingham Children's Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Birmingham Children's Hospital|url=http://www.bch.nhs.uk/corporate/our-history|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Birmingham]]) | + | |1862||Organization||[[wikipedia:Birmingham Children's Hospital|Birmingham Children's Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Birmingham Children's Hospital|url=http://www.bch.nhs.uk/corporate/our-history|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Birmingham|Birmingham]]) |
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− | |1866||Organization||[[Stratheden Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Fife asks the population to help mark the 150th Anniversary of Stratheden Hospital|url=https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.newsdisplay&objectid=021D0931-F996-552C-5FEA25A0265AAD5D|website=nhsfife.org|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| Scotland ([[Cupar]]) | + | |1866||Organization||[[wikipedia:Stratheden Hospital|Stratheden Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Fife asks the population to help mark the 150th Anniversary of Stratheden Hospital|url=https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.newsdisplay&objectid=021D0931-F996-552C-5FEA25A0265AAD5D|website=nhsfife.org|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| Scotland ([[wikipedia:Cupar|Cupar]]) |
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− | |1870||Organization||The [[British Red Cross]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=The founding of the British Red Cross|url=http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/Museum-and-archives/Historical-factsheets/The-founding-of-the-British-Red-Cross|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1870||Organization||The [[wikipedia:British Red Cross|British Red Cross]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=The founding of the British Red Cross|url=http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/Museum-and-archives/Historical-factsheets/The-founding-of-the-British-Red-Cross|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1888||Achievement||[[Murdoch Cameron]] performs the first Caesarean section at the [[Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital]] using modern antiseptic conditions<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dunn|first1=Etta|title=Central Glasgow Through Time|date=2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing|location=Gloucestershire|isbn=978-1-4456-3870-6|page=50}}</ref>||Scotland ([[Glasgow]]) | + | |1888||Achievement||[[wikipedia:Murdoch Cameron|Murdoch Cameron]] performs the first Caesarean section at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital|Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital]] using modern antiseptic conditions<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dunn|first1=Etta|title=Central Glasgow Through Time|date=2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing|location=Gloucestershire|isbn=978-1-4456-3870-6|page=50}}</ref>||Scotland ([[wikipedia:Glasgow|Glasgow]]) |
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− | |1904||Organization||[[Adamson Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adamson h|url=http://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.facilitydisplay&p2sid=A59AF47D-ECD5-E65D-6E21850AC1CCE2B5&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>||Scotland ([[Cupar]]) | + | |1904||Organization||[[wikipedia:Adamson Hospital|Adamson Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adamson h|url=http://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.facilitydisplay&p2sid=A59AF47D-ECD5-E65D-6E21850AC1CCE2B5&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>||Scotland ([[wikipedia:Cupar|Cupar]]) |
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− | |1909||Organization||The [[Institute of Cancer Research]] is founded as a [[Public university|public]] [[research institute]] and [[university]]. In 2003 the ICR joined the [[University of London]]. A number of breakthrough discoveries have taken place in the ICR, including that the basic cause of cancer is damage to [[DNA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ICR|url=https://www.on-course.eu/providers/the-institute-of-cancer-research/|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1909||Organization||The [[wikipedia:Institute of Cancer Research|Institute of Cancer Research]] is founded as a [[wikipedia:Public university|public]] [[wikipedia:research institute|research institute]] and [[wikipedia:university|university]]. In 2003 the ICR joined the [[wikipedia:University of London|University of London]]. A number of breakthrough discoveries have taken place in the ICR, including that the basic cause of cancer is damage to [[wikipedia:DNA|DNA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ICR|url=https://www.on-course.eu/providers/the-institute-of-cancer-research/|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1911||Policy||The [[National Insurance Act 1911]] is assented, with the longer title ''An Act to provide for Insurance against Loss of Health and for the Prevention and Cure of Sickness and for Insurance against Unemployment, and for purposes incidental thereto''. It provides for the compulsory insurance of lower paid workers and set a fixed capitation fee for doctors.<ref name="National Health Insurance">{{cite web|title=National Health Insurance|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/national-health-insurance.htm|accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref>||[[England]], [[Wales]], [[Scotland]], [[Northern Ireland]] | + | |1911||Policy||The [[wikipedia:National Insurance Act 1911|National Insurance Act 1911]] is assented, with the longer title ''An Act to provide for Insurance against Loss of Health and for the Prevention and Cure of Sickness and for Insurance against Unemployment, and for purposes incidental thereto''. It provides for the compulsory insurance of lower paid workers and set a fixed capitation fee for doctors.<ref name="National Health Insurance">{{cite web|title=National Health Insurance|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/national-health-insurance.htm|accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:England|England]], [[wikipedia:Wales|Wales]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]], [[wikipedia:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] |
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− | |1913||Organization||The [[Highlands and Islands Medical Service]] (HIMS) is established. It is directly funded by the state and administered centrally by the Scottish Office in Edinburgh working with local committees. Though treatment is not free, fees are set at minimal levels and people can still get treated even if they are unable to pay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Highlands and Islands Medical Service (HIMS)|url=http://www.ournhsscotland.com/history/birth-nhs-scotland/highlands-and-islands-medical-service|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||[[Scotland]] | + | |1913||Organization||The [[wikipedia:Highlands and Islands Medical Service|Highlands and Islands Medical Service]] (HIMS) is established. It is directly funded by the state and administered centrally by the Scottish Office in Edinburgh working with local committees. Though treatment is not free, fees are set at minimal levels and people can still get treated even if they are unable to pay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Highlands and Islands Medical Service (HIMS)|url=http://www.ournhsscotland.com/history/birth-nhs-scotland/highlands-and-islands-medical-service|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] |
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− | |1914||Organization||[[Alder Hey Children's Hospital]] is founded. Today it is a major national [[children's hospital]] and [[NHS foundation trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alder Hey Children's Hospital|url=http://www.alderhey.nhs.uk/about-us/100years/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Liverpool]]) | + | |1914||Organization||[[wikipedia:Alder Hey Children's Hospital|Alder Hey Children's Hospital]] is founded. Today it is a major national [[wikipedia:children's hospital|children's hospital]] and [[wikipedia:NHS foundation trust|NHS foundation trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alder Hey Children's Hospital|url=http://www.alderhey.nhs.uk/about-us/100years/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Liverpool|Liverpool]]) |
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− | |1925||Organization||Aldeburgh Cottage Nursing Association is founded. Now renamed [[Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Aldenburgh|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=563|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Aldeburgh]]) | + | |1925||Organization||Aldeburgh Cottage Nursing Association is founded. Now renamed [[wikipedia:Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital|Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Aldenburgh|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=563|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Aldeburgh|Aldeburgh]]) |
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|1926||Policy||New Bill reduces the government's contribution to the health scheme, in an attempt to force insurance companies to increase funding.<ref name="National Health Insurance" />|| | |1926||Policy||New Bill reduces the government's contribution to the health scheme, in an attempt to force insurance companies to increase funding.<ref name="National Health Insurance" />|| | ||
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− | |1940||Development||First use of the wonder drug Penicillin on a large scale takes place at [[RAF Halton|RAF Hospital Halton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAF Hospital Halton|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/PMRAFNS/history/rafhospitalhalton.cfm|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1940||Development||First use of the wonder drug Penicillin on a large scale takes place at [[wikipedia:RAF Halton|RAF Hospital Halton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAF Hospital Halton|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/PMRAFNS/history/rafhospitalhalton.cfm|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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|1942|| ||A National Health Service is first proposed to the Parliament.<ref name="Overview of healthcare in the UK">{{cite journal|title=Overview of healthcare in the UK|doi=10.1007/s13167-010-0050-1|pmc=3405352}}</ref>|| | |1942|| ||A National Health Service is first proposed to the Parliament.<ref name="Overview of healthcare in the UK">{{cite journal|title=Overview of healthcare in the UK|doi=10.1007/s13167-010-0050-1|pmc=3405352}}</ref>|| | ||
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− | |1946–1948||Organization||A respective [[National Health Service]] (NHS) is founded across the countries of the United Kingdom: [[NHS England]], [[NHS Scotland]], [[NHS Wales]], and the [[Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]]. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists are brought together under one organization to provide services that are free for all at the point of delivery. Today, the NHS is responsible for the public healthcare sector of the United Kingdom.<ref name="The UK Health Care System"/><ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1946–1948||Organization||A respective [[wikipedia:National Health Service|National Health Service]] (NHS) is founded across the countries of the United Kingdom: [[wikipedia:NHS England|NHS England]], [[wikipedia:NHS Scotland|NHS Scotland]], [[wikipedia:NHS Wales|NHS Wales]], and the [[wikipedia:Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland|Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]]. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists are brought together under one organization to provide services that are free for all at the point of delivery. Today, the NHS is responsible for the public healthcare sector of the United Kingdom.<ref name="The UK Health Care System"/><ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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− | |1947||Organization||[[Bupa]] is founded. Today an international healthcare group, it is the single largest British health insurance company in United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bupa|url=http://www.bupa-medical.com/brochures/bwho/Introduction-to-Bupa-Worldwide-Health-Options.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="The UK Health Care System" />||England (London) | + | |1947||Organization||[[wikipedia:Bupa|Bupa]] is founded. Today an international healthcare group, it is the single largest British health insurance company in United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bupa|url=http://www.bupa-medical.com/brochures/bwho/Introduction-to-Bupa-Worldwide-Health-Options.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="The UK Health Care System" />||England (London) |
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− | |1948||Policy||Park Hospital (now [[Trafford General Hospital]]) becomes the first hospital in the world to offer free healthcare to all.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trafford General: where it all began|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/07/03/nhs60_trafford_general_hospital_feature.shtml|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Trafford]]) | + | |1948||Policy||Park Hospital (now [[wikipedia:Trafford General Hospital|Trafford General Hospital]]) becomes the first hospital in the world to offer free healthcare to all.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trafford General: where it all began|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/07/03/nhs60_trafford_general_hospital_feature.shtml|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Trafford|Trafford]]) |
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|1949||Policy||The Nurses Act establishes a modern framework for the role of nursing within the National Health Insurance.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1949||Policy||The Nurses Act establishes a modern framework for the role of nursing within the National Health Insurance.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1950–1955||Organization||The [[National Health Service Central Register (Scotland)|National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR)]] is created to facilitate the transfer of patients between [[NHS Scotland|Health Board]] areas or across borders within the countries of the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR)|url=http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nhs-central-register/about-the-register/the-history-of-the-register|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>||[[Scotland]] | + | |1950–1955||Organization||The [[wikipedia:National Health Service Central Register (Scotland)|National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR)]] is created to facilitate the transfer of patients between [[wikipedia:NHS Scotland|Health Board]] areas or across borders within the countries of the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR)|url=http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nhs-central-register/about-the-register/the-history-of-the-register|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] |
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− | |1952||Organization||The [[Royal College of General Practitioners]] is established. It is the professional body for [[general practitioners|general (medical) practitioners]] (GPs/[[Family Physicians]]/[[Primary care physician|Primary Care Physicians]]) in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal College of General Practitioners|url=http://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/history-heritage-and-archive/history-of-the-college.aspx|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1952||Organization||The [[wikipedia:Royal College of General Practitioners|Royal College of General Practitioners]] is established. It is the professional body for [[wikipedia:general practitioners|general (medical) practitioners]] (GPs/[[wikipedia:Family Physicians|Family Physicians]]/[[wikipedia:Primary care physician|Primary Care Physicians]]) in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal College of General Practitioners|url=http://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/history-heritage-and-archive/history-of-the-college.aspx|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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|1954||Policy||Daily hospital visits for children is introduced, after having been demonstrated that separation from their parents is traumatic.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England">{{cite web|title=The history of the NHS in England|url=http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/nhshistory/Pages/NHShistory1948.aspx|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |1954||Policy||Daily hospital visits for children is introduced, after having been demonstrated that separation from their parents is traumatic.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England">{{cite web|title=The history of the NHS in England|url=http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/nhshistory/Pages/NHShistory1948.aspx|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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|1956||Policy||The Parliament enacts the Clean Air Act in response to worsening air pollution in urban areas of the UK.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1956||Policy||The Parliament enacts the Clean Air Act in response to worsening air pollution in urban areas of the UK.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1958||Campaign||The [[National Health Insurance]] introduces [[polio]] and [[diphtheria]] vaccines in its plan to promote good health instead of merely treating illness. This program ensures everyone under the age of 15 is vaccinated and will lead to an immediate and dramatic reduction in cases of both diseases.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1958||Campaign||The [[wikipedia:National Health Insurance|National Health Insurance]] introduces [[wikipedia:polio|polio]] and [[wikipedia:diphtheria|diphtheria]] vaccines in its plan to promote good health instead of merely treating illness. This program ensures everyone under the age of 15 is vaccinated and will lead to an immediate and dramatic reduction in cases of both diseases.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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|1959||Policy||The Mental Health Act is passed. It replaces much of the existing legislation on the provision of mental health services in England, bringing the provision of mental health services within the general administrative machinery of the National Health Service for the first time.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1959||Policy||The Mental Health Act is passed. It replaces much of the existing legislation on the provision of mental health services in England, bringing the provision of mental health services within the general administrative machinery of the National Health Service for the first time.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1960||Achievement||The first kidney transplant in the [[United Kingdom]] takes place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, involving an identical set of 49-year-old twins. The procedure becomes successful, with both donor and recipient living for a further six years before dying of an unrelated illness.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||Scotland ([[Edinburgh]]) | + | |1960||Achievement||The first kidney transplant in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] takes place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, involving an identical set of 49-year-old twins. The procedure becomes successful, with both donor and recipient living for a further six years before dying of an unrelated illness.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||Scotland ([[wikipedia:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]) |
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|1961|| ||The contraceptive pill is made available. It is considered to have played a major role in women’s liberation and having contributed to the sexual freedom of the so-called Swinging Sixties. Initially, it is only available to married women, but the law is relaxed in 1967.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | |1961|| ||The contraceptive pill is made available. It is considered to have played a major role in women’s liberation and having contributed to the sexual freedom of the so-called Swinging Sixties. Initially, it is only available to married women, but the law is relaxed in 1967.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | ||
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|1961||Policy||The Human Tissue Act is passed. It issues guidance on the use of the bodies of deceased persons for medical or educational research, stating that professionals must have no reason to believe that any surviving relatives object.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1961||Policy||The Human Tissue Act is passed. It issues guidance on the use of the bodies of deceased persons for medical or educational research, stating that professionals must have no reason to believe that any surviving relatives object.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1962||||Minister of Health [[Enoch Powell]]’s Hospital Plan recommends the development of district general hospitals covering populations of around 125,000.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | + | |1962||||Minister of Health [[wikipedia:Enoch Powell|Enoch Powell]]’s Hospital Plan recommends the development of district general hospitals covering populations of around 125,000.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| |
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|1967||Policy||The Abortion Act is passed. It legalizes abortions up to 28 weeks’ gestation for all women, not only when the life of the mother is in danger as was previously the law.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1967||Policy||The Abortion Act is passed. It legalizes abortions up to 28 weeks’ gestation for all women, not only when the life of the mother is in danger as was previously the law.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1968||Development||[[South Africa]]-born surgeon [[Donald Ross (surgeon)|Donald Ross]], leading a team of 18 doctors and nurses, performs the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1968||Development||[[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]]-born surgeon [[wikipedia:Donald Ross (surgeon)|Donald Ross]], leading a team of 18 doctors and nurses, performs the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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|1968||Organization||The Ministry of Health merges with the Ministry of Social Security to form the Department of Health and Social Security.<ref name="The history of NHS reform">{{cite web|title=The history of NHS reform|url=http://nhstimeline.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |1968||Organization||The Ministry of Health merges with the Ministry of Social Security to form the Department of Health and Social Security.<ref name="The history of NHS reform">{{cite web|title=The history of NHS reform|url=http://nhstimeline.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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− | |1970||Organization||[[Airedale General Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airedale General Hospital|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8023420.Hospital_must_remain_open/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Steeton with Eastburn]]) | + | |1970||Organization||[[wikipedia:Airedale General Hospital|Airedale General Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airedale General Hospital|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8023420.Hospital_must_remain_open/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Steeton with Eastburn|Steeton with Eastburn]]) |
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− | |1972||Development||The first commercially viable [[CT scan]]ner is developed by Sir [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], at [[EMI]] Central Research Laboratories using X-rays. CT scans revolutionize the way doctors examine the body.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Richmond | first = Caroline | title = Obituary – Sir Godfrey Hounsfield | journal = BMJ | volume = 329 |issue=7467 |pages=687 | year=2004 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.687| id = }}</ref><ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||England ([[Hayes, Hillingdon]]) | + | |1972||Development||The first commercially viable [[wikipedia:CT scan|CT scan]]ner is developed by Sir [[wikipedia:Godfrey Hounsfield|Godfrey Hounsfield]], at [[wikipedia:EMI|EMI]] Central Research Laboratories using X-rays. CT scans revolutionize the way doctors examine the body.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Richmond | first = Caroline | title = Obituary – Sir Godfrey Hounsfield | journal = BMJ | volume = 329 |issue=7467 |pages=687 | year=2004 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.687| id = }}</ref><ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||England ([[wikipedia:Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes, Hillingdon]]) |
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|1973||Policy||The National Health Service Reorganisation Act is enacted, allowing for structural changes.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/32/enacted|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |1973||Policy||The National Health Service Reorganisation Act is enacted, allowing for structural changes.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/32/enacted|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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− | |1974||Organization||[[Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital|url=http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/about-us/our-hospitals/basingstoke-and-north-hampshire-hospital/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Basingstoke]]) | + | |1974||Organization||[[wikipedia:Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital|Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital|url=http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/about-us/our-hospitals/basingstoke-and-north-hampshire-hospital/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Basingstoke|Basingstoke]]) |
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− | |1976||Organization||[[York Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=York Hospital|url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/york-district-hospital|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[York]]) | + | |1976||Organization||[[wikipedia:York Hospital|York Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=York Hospital|url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/york-district-hospital|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:York|York]]) |
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− | |1978||Organization||[[International Hospitals Group]] is founded as a healthcare services company.<ref>{{cite web|title=IHG History|url=http://www.ihg.co.uk/ihg-history.html|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Buckinghamshire]]) | + | |1978||Organization||[[wikipedia:International Hospitals Group|International Hospitals Group]] is founded as a healthcare services company.<ref>{{cite web|title=IHG History|url=http://www.ihg.co.uk/ihg-history.html|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Buckinghamshire|Buckinghamshire]]) |
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− | |1978||Development||British gynaecologist [[Patrick Steptoe]], at [[Oldham General Hospital]], and physiologist [[Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Robert Edwards]], at [[Cambridge University]], develop a new technique to fertilize an egg outside a woman's body before replacing it in the womb. This technique leads to the world's first baby born as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1978||Development||British gynaecologist [[wikipedia:Patrick Steptoe|Patrick Steptoe]], at [[wikipedia:Oldham General Hospital|Oldham General Hospital]], and physiologist [[wikipedia:Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Robert Edwards]], at [[wikipedia:Cambridge University|Cambridge University]], develop a new technique to fertilize an egg outside a woman's body before replacing it in the womb. This technique leads to the world's first baby born as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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− | |1979||Development||British professor [[Roland Levinsky]] performs the first successful bone marrow transplant in the country on a child with primary immunodeficiency, at [[Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children]].<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1979||Development||British professor [[wikipedia:Roland Levinsky|Roland Levinsky]] performs the first successful bone marrow transplant in the country on a child with primary immunodeficiency, at [[wikipedia:Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children|Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children]].<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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|1982||Policy||The National Health Service abolishes area health authorities (AHAs) with aims at simplifying the structure of the healthcare system.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1982||Policy||The National Health Service abolishes area health authorities (AHAs) with aims at simplifying the structure of the healthcare system.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1982||Organization||[[Care UK]] is founded. It provides health and social care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Care UK|url=http://www.careukgroup.com/sites/group/files/CareUK_An_Overview_0.pdf|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1982||Organization||[[wikipedia:Care UK|Care UK]] is founded. It provides health and social care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Care UK|url=http://www.careukgroup.com/sites/group/files/CareUK_An_Overview_0.pdf|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1983||Policy||[[Medical Act 1983]] is enacted in order to consolidate the Medical Acts 1956 to 1978 and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the [[Scottish Law Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical Act 1983|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/introduction|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1983||Policy||[[wikipedia:Medical Act 1983|Medical Act 1983]] is enacted in order to consolidate the Medical Acts 1956 to 1978 and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the [[wikipedia:Scottish Law Commission|Scottish Law Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical Act 1983|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/introduction|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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|1983||Policy||The Mental Health Act allows individuals deemed to be mentally ill and a risk to themselves or others, to be detained in hospital and given treatment.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | |1983||Policy||The Mental Health Act allows individuals deemed to be mentally ill and a risk to themselves or others, to be detained in hospital and given treatment.<ref name="The history of NHS reform" />|| | ||
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− | |1986||Campaign||The first AIDS health campaign is organized in the [[United Kingdom]]. This campaign is in line with the original [[National Health Service]] intention to improve health and prevent disease, as well as offer treatment.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| | + | |1986||Campaign||The first AIDS health campaign is organized in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. This campaign is in line with the original [[wikipedia:National Health Service|National Health Service]] intention to improve health and prevent disease, as well as offer treatment.<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />|| |
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− | |1987||Development||British professor Sir [[Roy Yorke Calne]] and Professor John Wallwork perform the world's first liver, heart and lung transplant at [[Papworth Hospital]].<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||England ([[Cambridge]]) | + | |1987||Development||British professor Sir [[wikipedia:Roy Yorke Calne|Roy Yorke Calne]] and Professor John Wallwork perform the world's first liver, heart and lung transplant at [[wikipedia:Papworth Hospital|Papworth Hospital]].<ref name="The history of the NHS in England" />||England ([[wikipedia:Cambridge|Cambridge]]) |
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− | |1988||Technology launch||Routine newborn hearing screening with [[otoacoustic emission]] (OAE) is first introduced at [[Whipps Cross University Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hearing Screening|url=https://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s01c05.html|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1988||Technology launch||Routine newborn hearing screening with [[wikipedia:otoacoustic emission|otoacoustic emission]] (OAE) is first introduced at [[wikipedia:Whipps Cross University Hospital|Whipps Cross University Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hearing Screening|url=https://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s01c05.html|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1989||Organization||[[Alliance Medical]] is founded as an independent radiology services company. Alliance MEdical is a private provider of [[National health service|NHS]] services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance Medical|url=http://www.alliancemedical.com/who-we-are/our-story|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1989||Organization||[[wikipedia:Alliance Medical|Alliance Medical]] is founded as an independent radiology services company. Alliance MEdical is a private provider of [[wikipedia:National health service|NHS]] services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance Medical|url=http://www.alliancemedical.com/who-we-are/our-story|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>|| |
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|1990||Policy||The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act replaces the Abortion Act. The new act states that abortion is no longer legal after 24 weeks except if: the mother’s life is in danger; there is extreme foetal abnormality; or there is a grave risk of physical or mental injury to the mother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/contents|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |1990||Policy||The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act replaces the Abortion Act. The new act states that abortion is no longer legal after 24 weeks except if: the mother’s life is in danger; there is extreme foetal abnormality; or there is a grave risk of physical or mental injury to the mother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/contents|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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|1990||Policy||National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is enacted with the purpose of creating an internal market and a purchaser-provider split in which the purchasers (mainly health authorities) are handed budgets to purchase services from providers (mainly acute hospitals and those providing care for people with mental health problems, people with learning disabilities as well as older people).<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/19/contents|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |1990||Policy||National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is enacted with the purpose of creating an internal market and a purchaser-provider split in which the purchasers (mainly health authorities) are handed budgets to purchase services from providers (mainly acute hospitals and those providing care for people with mental health problems, people with learning disabilities as well as older people).<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/19/contents|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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− | |1991||Organization||[[Hayward Medical Communications]] is founded as a full service medical communications agency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hayward Medical Communications|url=http://www.hayward.co.uk/company-profile/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1991||Organization||[[wikipedia:Hayward Medical Communications|Hayward Medical Communications]] is founded as a full service medical communications agency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hayward Medical Communications|url=http://www.hayward.co.uk/company-profile/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1991||Policy||The [[Patient's Charter]] is launched as a document by the government of the United Kingdom. The charter sets out patients' rights for the first time and the standards which will be set nationally and locally by the health service, including the first waiting time guarantees.<ref>{{cite web|title=1991 - PMQT Written Answers 16th December 1991|url=http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page1718.html|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1991||Policy||The [[wikipedia:Patient's Charter|Patient's Charter]] is launched as a document by the government of the United Kingdom. The charter sets out patients' rights for the first time and the standards which will be set nationally and locally by the health service, including the first waiting time guarantees.<ref>{{cite web|title=1991 - PMQT Written Answers 16th December 1991|url=http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page1718.html|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1992||Organization||[[Healthcare at Home]] is founded as a pharmaceutical supplier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Healthcare at Home|url=https://www.hah.co.uk/about-us/company-background/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Burton on Trent]]) | + | |1992||Organization||[[wikipedia:Healthcare at Home|Healthcare at Home]] is founded as a pharmaceutical supplier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Healthcare at Home|url=https://www.hah.co.uk/about-us/company-background/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Burton on Trent|Burton on Trent]]) |
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− | |1993||Organization||[[General Healthcare Group]] is founded. It owns [[BMI Healthcare]] which runs around 70 hospitals nationwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of General Healthcare Group Limited|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=127587|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1993||Organization||[[wikipedia:General Healthcare Group|General Healthcare Group]] is founded. It owns [[wikipedia:BMI Healthcare|BMI Healthcare]] which runs around 70 hospitals nationwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of General Healthcare Group Limited|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=127587|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1995||Organization||[[Premier Medical Group]] is founded as a healthcare company. It provides expert opinions for the legal and insurance industries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier Medical Group|url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2014/08/21/clarksville-premier-medical-group-groundbreaking-ceremony/14375759/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1995||Organization||[[wikipedia:Premier Medical Group|Premier Medical Group]] is founded as a healthcare company. It provides expert opinions for the legal and insurance industries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier Medical Group|url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2014/08/21/clarksville-premier-medical-group-groundbreaking-ceremony/14375759/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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− | |1995||Organization||[[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]] is formed by a merger of [[St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]] and the [[London Hospital Medical College]] with [[Queen Mary and Westfield College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|url=http://www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/about/history/index.html|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | + | |1995||Organization||[[wikipedia:Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]] is formed by a merger of [[wikipedia:St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College|St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]] and the [[wikipedia:London Hospital Medical College|London Hospital Medical College]] with [[wikipedia:Queen Mary and Westfield College|Queen Mary and Westfield College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|url=http://www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/about/history/index.html|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>||England (London) |
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|1998||Policy||The Department of Health develops a set of National Service Frameworks with the purpose of improving particular areas of care, such as coronary, cancer, mental health, diabetes, etc. The NSF is aimed at setting national standards and identifying changes that need to be made for certain defined services or care groups.<ref name="The UK Health Care System" />|| | |1998||Policy||The Department of Health develops a set of National Service Frameworks with the purpose of improving particular areas of care, such as coronary, cancer, mental health, diabetes, etc. The NSF is aimed at setting national standards and identifying changes that need to be made for certain defined services or care groups.<ref name="The UK Health Care System" />|| | ||
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− | |1998||Organization||[[National Health Service|NHS]] Direct is established as a national health line in order to provide expert health advice and information.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Direct|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/nhs-direct|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| | + | |1998||Organization||[[wikipedia:National Health Service|NHS]] Direct is established as a national health line in order to provide expert health advice and information.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Direct|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/nhs-direct|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | |1999||Organization||The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is created from the former Scottish Office Health Department (SOHD).||[[Scotland]] | + | |1999||Organization||The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is created from the former Scottish Office Health Department (SOHD).||[[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] |
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|1999||Organization||The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is established as the body responsible for developing national guidelines and standards related to health promotion and prevention, assessment of new and existing technology (including medicines and procedures) and treatment and care clinical guidance, available across the National Health Service.<ref name="Overview of healthcare in the UK" />|| | |1999||Organization||The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is established as the body responsible for developing national guidelines and standards related to health promotion and prevention, assessment of new and existing technology (including medicines and procedures) and treatment and care clinical guidance, available across the National Health Service.<ref name="Overview of healthcare in the UK" />|| | ||
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− | |2000||Organization||The first [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] hospital outside [[India]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hospital offers ancient healing|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/808364.stm|accessdate=11 November 2016|agency=BBC News}}</ref>||[[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | + | |2000||Organization||The first [[wikipedia:Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] hospital outside [[wikipedia:India|India]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hospital offers ancient healing|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/808364.stm|accessdate=11 November 2016|agency=BBC News}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:London|London]], [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] |
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− | |2000||Organization||[[University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust]] is established with the merger of the [[Leicester General Hospital]], [[Glenfield Hospital]] and [[Leicester Royal Infirmary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=2186|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Leicester]]) | + | |2000||Organization||[[wikipedia:University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust|University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust]] is established with the merger of the [[wikipedia:Leicester General Hospital|Leicester General Hospital]], [[wikipedia:Glenfield Hospital|Glenfield Hospital]] and [[wikipedia:Leicester Royal Infirmary|Leicester Royal Infirmary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=2186|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Leicester|Leicester]]) |
|- | |- | ||
− | |2001||Organization||[[Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bristol Royal Hospital for Children|url=http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-royal-hospital-for-children/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Bristol]]) | + | |2001||Organization||[[wikipedia:Bristol Royal Hospital for Children|Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bristol Royal Hospital for Children|url=http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-royal-hospital-for-children/|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Bristol|Bristol]]) |
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− | |2002||Organization||[[ID Medical Group Ltd]] is founded as a healthcare recruitment company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Id Medical Group Limited|url=https://www.endole.co.uk/company/03829536/id-medical-group-limited|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[Milton Keynes]]) | + | |2002||Organization||[[wikipedia:ID Medical Group Ltd|ID Medical Group Ltd]] is founded as a healthcare recruitment company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Id Medical Group Limited|url=https://www.endole.co.uk/company/03829536/id-medical-group-limited|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England ([[wikipedia:Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]]) |
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|2004||Policy||The United Kingdom introduces a Quality and Outcome Framework, in order to measure the quality of care delivered by General Practitioners. This framework provides incentives for improving quality: practices are awarded points related for how well the practice is organized, how patients view their surgical experiences, whether extra services (such as children’s health and maternity) are offered, and how well common chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes are managed.<ref name="The UK Health Care System">{{cite web|title=The UK Health Care System|url=http://assets.ce.columbia.edu/pdf/actu/actu-uk.pdf|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | |2004||Policy||The United Kingdom introduces a Quality and Outcome Framework, in order to measure the quality of care delivered by General Practitioners. This framework provides incentives for improving quality: practices are awarded points related for how well the practice is organized, how patients view their surgical experiences, whether extra services (such as children’s health and maternity) are offered, and how well common chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes are managed.<ref name="The UK Health Care System">{{cite web|title=The UK Health Care System|url=http://assets.ce.columbia.edu/pdf/actu/actu-uk.pdf|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>|| | ||
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− | |2006||Organization||[[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]] is created as a [[NHS board]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Report to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde|url=http://www.equalitiesinhealth.org/Link-Files/Smart-metrics.pdf.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>||[[Scotland]] | + | |2006||Organization||[[wikipedia:NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde|NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]] is created as a [[wikipedia:NHS board|NHS board]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Report to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde|url=http://www.equalitiesinhealth.org/Link-Files/Smart-metrics.pdf.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2006||Organization||[[wikipedia:St Andrews Community Hospital|St Andrews Community Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=St Andrews Community Hospital|url=http://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.facilitydisplay&p2sid=A59B835F-9595-4B6E-B780DBB4AD79EDD6&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref>||Scotland (St Andrews) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007||Organization||[[wikipedia:Spire Healthcare|Spire Healthcare]] is founded as a private healthcare provider.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spire Healthcare|url=http://investors.spirehealthcare.com/about/our-history/|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>||England (London) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2008 || Program || The NHS cervical cancer vaccination programme launches in {{w|England}}, whereby all girls aged 12 to 13 are offered HPV vaccination to protect them against {{w|cervical cancer}}.<ref name="The history of vaccination">{{cite web|title=The history of vaccination|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/the-history-of-vaccination/|website=nhs.uk|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref> || {{w|England}} | ||
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− | | | + | |2013||Organization||[[wikipedia:Genomics England|Genomics England]] is established in order to run the [[wikipedia:100,000 Genomes Project|100,000 Genomes Project]], with the purpose of sequencing 100,000 genomes from [[wikipedia:National Health Service|NHS]] patients with a rare disease and their families, and patients with cancer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Genomics England|url=https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-genomics-england/how-we-work/|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>|| |
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− | | | + | | 2013 || Program || The {{w|National Health Service}} introduces vaccination against {{w|rotavirus}} for babies and a {{w|shingles vaccine}} for over-70s. A children's flu vaccine is also launched, and is given as a nasal spray rather than an injection.<ref name="The history of vaccination"/> || |
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− | | | + | |2015||Organization||[[wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth University Hospital|Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]] is founded. It is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Glasgow hospital named after Queen Elizabeth|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33384988|website=BBC News|accessdate=5 December 2016|date=3 July 2015}}</ref>||Scotland ([[wikipedia:Glasgow|Glasgow]]) |
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− | |2015|| | + | | 2015 || Program || The {{w|National Health Service}} vaccination program introduces vaccination against {{w|meningitis B}} for babies. It is the first national, routine, universal and publicly funded {{w|meningitis B}} vaccination program in the world.<ref name="The history of vaccination"/> || |
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|} | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Numerical and visual data == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Google Scholar === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of June 6, 2021. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="sortable wikitable" | ||
+ | ! Year | ||
+ | ! healthcare in England | ||
+ | ! healthcare in Scotland | ||
+ | ! healthcare in Wales | ||
+ | ! National Health Service | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1980 || 147 || 20 || 36 || 56,400 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1985 || 218 || 47 || 62 || 69,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1990 || 865 || 127 || 146 || 135,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1995 || 2,730 || 603 || 1,070 || 204,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2000 || 7,990 || 1,970 || 3,360 || 473,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002 || 11,300 || 2,780 || 4,270 || 550,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2004 || 15,700 || 3,990 || 6,210 || 635,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2006 || 25,600 || 5,620 || 9,590 || 726,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2008 || 46,400 || 7,240 || 13,500 || 798,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2010 || 63,100 || 9,190 || 17,000 || 927,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2012 || 88,400 || 12,300 || 22,900 || 995,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2014 || 99,700 || 15,200 || 30,800 || 881,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2016 || 105,000 || 15,900 || 37,700 || 736,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2017 || 92,600 || 17,600 || 37,900 || 625,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2018 || 85,200 || 20,300 || 39,700 || 502,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2019 || 70,000 || 21,200 || 37,500 || 332,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2020 || 52,600 || 18,400 || 32,700 || 196,000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Healthcare in England tb.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Healthcare uk.png|thumb|center|400px|Evolution of healthcare expenditure in [[Pound (currency)|Pounds]] in the United Kingdom. Local maxima can be appreciated around [[wikipedia:World War I|World War I]] and [[wikipedia:World War II|World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Spending Chart|url=http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/download_multi_year_1900_2020UKb_16c1li011mcn_F0t|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Google Trends === | ||
+ | The image below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data for Healthcare in the United Kingdom (Search term) from January 2004 to February 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.<ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in the United Kingdom |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Healthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom |website=Google Trends |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Healthcare in the United Kingdom gt.png|thumb|center|600px]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Google Ngram Viewer === | ||
+ | The chart below shows {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}} data for Healthcare in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2019. <ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in the United Kingdom |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Healthcare+in+the+United+Kingdom&year_start=1950&year_end=2019&case_insensitive=on&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t4%3B%2CHealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bhealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BHealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc0#t4%3B%2CHealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bhealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc1%3B%3BHealthcare%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%3B%2Cc0 |website=books.google.com |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Healthcare in the United Kingdom ngram.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Wikipedia Views === | ||
+ | The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Healthcare in the United Kingdom}}, on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015 to January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in the United Kingdom |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Healthcare+in+the+United+Kingdom&allmonths=allmonths-api&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Healthcare in the United Kingdom wv.jpg|thumb|center|400px]] | ||
+ | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
− | * [[Healthcare in the United Kingdom]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Healthcare in the United Kingdom|Healthcare in the United Kingdom]] |
− | * [[Healthcare in Scotland]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Healthcare in Scotland|Healthcare in Scotland]] |
− | * [[Healthcare in Wales]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Healthcare in Wales|Healthcare in Wales]] |
− | * [[Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland|Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland]] |
− | * [[Timeline of healthcare in Russia]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in Russia|Timeline of healthcare in Russia]] |
− | * [[Timeline of healthcare in Germany]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in Germany|Timeline of healthcare in Germany]] |
− | * [[Timeline of healthcare in France]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in France|Timeline of healthcare in France]] |
− | * [[Timeline of healthcare in Italy]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in Italy|Timeline of healthcare in Italy]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|30em}} | {{Reflist|30em}} | ||
− | [[Category:Health in the United Kingdom]] | + | [[wikipedia:Category:Health in the United Kingdom|Category:Health in the United Kingdom]] |
− | [[Category:Health-related timelines]] | + | [[wikipedia:Category:Health-related timelines|Category:Health-related timelines]] |
Latest revision as of 20:41, 12 March 2024
This is a timeline of healthcare in the United Kingdom. Major events such as crisis, policies and organizations are described.
Contents
Big picture
Year/period | Key developments |
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<1911 | Healthcare in United Kingdom is generally available only to the wealthy, unless one is able to obtain free treatment through charity or teaching hospitals.[1] |
1911-1946 | A National Insurance Act is introduced in which a small amount is deducted from an employee’s wage and in return they are entitled to free healthcare. However this scheme only benefits employed individuals.[1] |
1946 onwards | Following the Second World War, major social reforms aim at a universal healthcare system as main purpose. A respective National Health Service (NHS) is established for England (NHS England), Scotland (NHS Scotland), and Wales (NHS Wales) as independent institutions. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is also established. |
Present time | Today, the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is still fragmented, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded healthcare, funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision. In a 2014 report ranking developed-country healthcare systems, the overall healthcare system of the United Kingdom was ranked the best in the world in the following categories: Quality of Care (i.e. effective, safe, coordinated, patient-oriented), Access to Care, Efficiency, and Equity.[2] |
Full timeline
Year/period | Type of event | Event | Location |
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1106 | Organization | St Thomas' Hospital is established. Originally a monastery hospital.[3] | England (London) |
1123 | Organization | St Bartholomew's Hospital is founded by the monk Rahere in order to give free medical care to the poor.[4] | England (London) |
1550 | Organization | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School is founded.[3] | London |
1721 | Organization | Guy's Hospital is founded.[3][5] | England (London) |
1737 | Organization | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is founded.[6] | Scotland (Foresterhill) |
1740 | Organization | The Royal London Hospital is founded. It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust.[7] | England (London) |
1766 | Organization | Addenbrooke's Hospital is founded as a teaching hospital.[8] | England (Cambridge) |
1794 | Organization | Glasgow Royal Infirmary is founded.[9] | Scotland (Glasgow) |
1803 | Organization | Bedford Hospital is founded.[10] | England (Bedford) |
1804 | Organization | Moorfields Eye Hospital is founded. It is the first center in the world for ophthalmic treatment.[11] | England (London) |
1815 | Policy | Apothecaries Act 1815 is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act introduces compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries, in modern terms general practitioners, under the license of the Society of Apothecaries. It is the beginning of regulation of the medical profession in Great Britain. The Act requires instruction in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica and "physic", in addition to six months of practical hospital experience.[12] | |
1832 | Organization | The British Medical Association is established. It is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom.[13] | England (London) |
1840 | Organization | King's College Hospital is founded.[3][14] | England (London) |
1851 | Organization | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is founded. It is the first hospital in the world dedicated to the study and treatment of cancer.[15][16] | England (London) |
1858 | Policy | Medical Act 1858 is enacted to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery.[17] | |
1859 | Organization | The National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic (today National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery) is founded. It is the first hospital in the world specializing in outpatient epilepsy care.[18] | England (London) |
1862 | Organization | Birmingham Children's Hospital is founded.[19] | England (Birmingham) |
1866 | Organization | Stratheden Hospital is founded.[20] | Scotland (Cupar) |
1870 | Organization | The British Red Cross is founded.[21] | |
1888 | Achievement | Murdoch Cameron performs the first Caesarean section at the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital using modern antiseptic conditions[22] | Scotland (Glasgow) |
1904 | Organization | Adamson Hospital is founded.[23] | Scotland (Cupar) |
1909 | Organization | The Institute of Cancer Research is founded as a public research institute and university. In 2003 the ICR joined the University of London. A number of breakthrough discoveries have taken place in the ICR, including that the basic cause of cancer is damage to DNA.[24] | England (London) |
1911 | Policy | The National Insurance Act 1911 is assented, with the longer title An Act to provide for Insurance against Loss of Health and for the Prevention and Cure of Sickness and for Insurance against Unemployment, and for purposes incidental thereto. It provides for the compulsory insurance of lower paid workers and set a fixed capitation fee for doctors.[25] | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
1913 | Organization | The Highlands and Islands Medical Service (HIMS) is established. It is directly funded by the state and administered centrally by the Scottish Office in Edinburgh working with local committees. Though treatment is not free, fees are set at minimal levels and people can still get treated even if they are unable to pay.[26] | Scotland |
1914 | Organization | Alder Hey Children's Hospital is founded. Today it is a major national children's hospital and NHS foundation trust.[27] | England (Liverpool) |
1925 | Organization | Aldeburgh Cottage Nursing Association is founded. Now renamed Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital.[28] | England (Aldeburgh) |
1926 | Policy | New Bill reduces the government's contribution to the health scheme, in an attempt to force insurance companies to increase funding.[25] | |
1940 | Development | First use of the wonder drug Penicillin on a large scale takes place at RAF Hospital Halton.[29] | |
1942 | A National Health Service is first proposed to the Parliament.[30] | ||
1946–1948 | Organization | A respective National Health Service (NHS) is founded across the countries of the United Kingdom: NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists are brought together under one organization to provide services that are free for all at the point of delivery. Today, the NHS is responsible for the public healthcare sector of the United Kingdom.[1][31] | |
1947 | Organization | Bupa is founded. Today an international healthcare group, it is the single largest British health insurance company in United Kingdom.[32][1] | England (London) |
1948 | Policy | Park Hospital (now Trafford General Hospital) becomes the first hospital in the world to offer free healthcare to all.[33] | England (Trafford) |
1949 | Policy | The Nurses Act establishes a modern framework for the role of nursing within the National Health Insurance.[34] | |
1950–1955 | Organization | The National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) is created to facilitate the transfer of patients between Health Board areas or across borders within the countries of the United Kingdom.[35] | Scotland |
1952 | Organization | The Royal College of General Practitioners is established. It is the professional body for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/Family Physicians/Primary Care Physicians) in the United Kingdom.[36] | |
1954 | Policy | Daily hospital visits for children is introduced, after having been demonstrated that separation from their parents is traumatic.[31] | |
1956 | Policy | The Parliament enacts the Clean Air Act in response to worsening air pollution in urban areas of the UK.[34] | |
1958 | Campaign | The National Health Insurance introduces polio and diphtheria vaccines in its plan to promote good health instead of merely treating illness. This program ensures everyone under the age of 15 is vaccinated and will lead to an immediate and dramatic reduction in cases of both diseases.[31] | |
1959 | Policy | The Mental Health Act is passed. It replaces much of the existing legislation on the provision of mental health services in England, bringing the provision of mental health services within the general administrative machinery of the National Health Service for the first time.[34] | |
1960 | Achievement | The first kidney transplant in the United Kingdom takes place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, involving an identical set of 49-year-old twins. The procedure becomes successful, with both donor and recipient living for a further six years before dying of an unrelated illness.[31] | Scotland (Edinburgh) |
1961 | The contraceptive pill is made available. It is considered to have played a major role in women’s liberation and having contributed to the sexual freedom of the so-called Swinging Sixties. Initially, it is only available to married women, but the law is relaxed in 1967.[31] | ||
1961 | Policy | The Human Tissue Act is passed. It issues guidance on the use of the bodies of deceased persons for medical or educational research, stating that professionals must have no reason to believe that any surviving relatives object.[34] | |
1962 | Minister of Health Enoch Powell’s Hospital Plan recommends the development of district general hospitals covering populations of around 125,000.[34] | ||
1967 | Policy | The Abortion Act is passed. It legalizes abortions up to 28 weeks’ gestation for all women, not only when the life of the mother is in danger as was previously the law.[34] | |
1968 | Development | South Africa-born surgeon Donald Ross, leading a team of 18 doctors and nurses, performs the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom.[31] | |
1968 | Organization | The Ministry of Health merges with the Ministry of Social Security to form the Department of Health and Social Security.[34] | |
1970 | Organization | Airedale General Hospital is founded.[37] | England (Steeton with Eastburn) |
1972 | Development | The first commercially viable CT scanner is developed by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, at EMI Central Research Laboratories using X-rays. CT scans revolutionize the way doctors examine the body.[38][31] | England (Hayes, Hillingdon) |
1973 | Policy | The National Health Service Reorganisation Act is enacted, allowing for structural changes.[39] | |
1974 | Organization | Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is founded.[40] | England (Basingstoke) |
1976 | Organization | York Hospital is founded.[41] | England (York) |
1978 | Organization | International Hospitals Group is founded as a healthcare services company.[42] | England (Buckinghamshire) |
1978 | Development | British gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe, at Oldham General Hospital, and physiologist Robert Edwards, at Cambridge University, develop a new technique to fertilize an egg outside a woman's body before replacing it in the womb. This technique leads to the world's first baby born as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).[31] | |
1979 | Development | British professor Roland Levinsky performs the first successful bone marrow transplant in the country on a child with primary immunodeficiency, at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.[31] | |
1982 | Policy | The National Health Service abolishes area health authorities (AHAs) with aims at simplifying the structure of the healthcare system.[34] | |
1982 | Organization | Care UK is founded. It provides health and social care.[43] | |
1983 | Policy | Medical Act 1983 is enacted in order to consolidate the Medical Acts 1956 to 1978 and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.[44] | |
1983 | Policy | The Mental Health Act allows individuals deemed to be mentally ill and a risk to themselves or others, to be detained in hospital and given treatment.[34] | |
1986 | Campaign | The first AIDS health campaign is organized in the United Kingdom. This campaign is in line with the original National Health Service intention to improve health and prevent disease, as well as offer treatment.[31] | |
1987 | Development | British professor Sir Roy Yorke Calne and Professor John Wallwork perform the world's first liver, heart and lung transplant at Papworth Hospital.[31] | England (Cambridge) |
1988 | Technology launch | Routine newborn hearing screening with otoacoustic emission (OAE) is first introduced at Whipps Cross University Hospital.[45] | England (London) |
1989 | Organization | Alliance Medical is founded as an independent radiology services company. Alliance MEdical is a private provider of NHS services.[46] | |
1990 | Policy | The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act replaces the Abortion Act. The new act states that abortion is no longer legal after 24 weeks except if: the mother’s life is in danger; there is extreme foetal abnormality; or there is a grave risk of physical or mental injury to the mother.[47] | |
1990 | Policy | National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is enacted with the purpose of creating an internal market and a purchaser-provider split in which the purchasers (mainly health authorities) are handed budgets to purchase services from providers (mainly acute hospitals and those providing care for people with mental health problems, people with learning disabilities as well as older people).[48] | |
1991 | Organization | Hayward Medical Communications is founded as a full service medical communications agency.[49] | England (London) |
1991 | Policy | The Patient's Charter is launched as a document by the government of the United Kingdom. The charter sets out patients' rights for the first time and the standards which will be set nationally and locally by the health service, including the first waiting time guarantees.[50] | |
1992 | Organization | Healthcare at Home is founded as a pharmaceutical supplier.[51] | England (Burton on Trent) |
1993 | Organization | General Healthcare Group is founded. It owns BMI Healthcare which runs around 70 hospitals nationwide.[52] | England (London) |
1995 | Organization | Premier Medical Group is founded as a healthcare company. It provides expert opinions for the legal and insurance industries.[53] | England (London) |
1995 | Organization | Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry is formed by a merger of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College with Queen Mary and Westfield College.[54] | England (London) |
1998 | Policy | The Department of Health develops a set of National Service Frameworks with the purpose of improving particular areas of care, such as coronary, cancer, mental health, diabetes, etc. The NSF is aimed at setting national standards and identifying changes that need to be made for certain defined services or care groups.[1] | |
1998 | Organization | NHS Direct is established as a national health line in order to provide expert health advice and information.[55] | |
1999 | Organization | The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is created from the former Scottish Office Health Department (SOHD). | Scotland |
1999 | Organization | The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is established as the body responsible for developing national guidelines and standards related to health promotion and prevention, assessment of new and existing technology (including medicines and procedures) and treatment and care clinical guidance, available across the National Health Service.[30] | |
2000 | Organization | The first Ayurvedic hospital outside India is founded.[56] | London, United Kingdom |
2000 | Organization | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is established with the merger of the Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary.[57] | England (Leicester) |
2001 | Organization | Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is founded.[58] | England (Bristol) |
2002 | Organization | ID Medical Group Ltd is founded as a healthcare recruitment company.[59] | England (Milton Keynes) |
2004 | Policy | The United Kingdom introduces a Quality and Outcome Framework, in order to measure the quality of care delivered by General Practitioners. This framework provides incentives for improving quality: practices are awarded points related for how well the practice is organized, how patients view their surgical experiences, whether extra services (such as children’s health and maternity) are offered, and how well common chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes are managed.[1] | |
2006 | Organization | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is created as a NHS board.[60] | Scotland |
2006 | Organization | St Andrews Community Hospital is founded.[61] | Scotland (St Andrews) |
2007 | Organization | Spire Healthcare is founded as a private healthcare provider.[62] | England (London) |
2008 | Program | The NHS cervical cancer vaccination programme launches in England, whereby all girls aged 12 to 13 are offered HPV vaccination to protect them against cervical cancer.[63] | England |
2013 | Organization | Genomics England is established in order to run the 100,000 Genomes Project, with the purpose of sequencing 100,000 genomes from NHS patients with a rare disease and their families, and patients with cancer.[64] | |
2013 | Program | The National Health Service introduces vaccination against rotavirus for babies and a shingles vaccine for over-70s. A children's flu vaccine is also launched, and is given as a nasal spray rather than an injection.[63] | |
2015 | Organization | Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is founded. It is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK.[65] | Scotland (Glasgow) |
2015 | Program | The National Health Service vaccination program introduces vaccination against meningitis B for babies. It is the first national, routine, universal and publicly funded meningitis B vaccination program in the world.[63] |
Numerical and visual data
Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of June 6, 2021.
Year | healthcare in England | healthcare in Scotland | healthcare in Wales | National Health Service |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | 147 | 20 | 36 | 56,400 |
1985 | 218 | 47 | 62 | 69,000 |
1990 | 865 | 127 | 146 | 135,000 |
1995 | 2,730 | 603 | 1,070 | 204,000 |
2000 | 7,990 | 1,970 | 3,360 | 473,000 |
2002 | 11,300 | 2,780 | 4,270 | 550,000 |
2004 | 15,700 | 3,990 | 6,210 | 635,000 |
2006 | 25,600 | 5,620 | 9,590 | 726,000 |
2008 | 46,400 | 7,240 | 13,500 | 798,000 |
2010 | 63,100 | 9,190 | 17,000 | 927,000 |
2012 | 88,400 | 12,300 | 22,900 | 995,000 |
2014 | 99,700 | 15,200 | 30,800 | 881,000 |
2016 | 105,000 | 15,900 | 37,700 | 736,000 |
2017 | 92,600 | 17,600 | 37,900 | 625,000 |
2018 | 85,200 | 20,300 | 39,700 | 502,000 |
2019 | 70,000 | 21,200 | 37,500 | 332,000 |
2020 | 52,600 | 18,400 | 32,700 | 196,000 |
Google Trends
The image below shows Google Trends data for Healthcare in the United Kingdom (Search term) from January 2004 to February 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.[67]
Google Ngram Viewer
The chart below shows Google Ngram Viewer data for Healthcare in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2019. [68]
Wikipedia Views
The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article Healthcare in the United Kingdom, on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015 to January 2021.[69]
See also
- Healthcare in the United Kingdom
- Healthcare in Scotland
- Healthcare in Wales
- Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
- Timeline of healthcare in Russia
- Timeline of healthcare in Germany
- Timeline of healthcare in France
- Timeline of healthcare in Italy
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