National Health Stories
On 5 July 1948, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.
Episodes (20 available)
The NHS has never had enough money. How have health ministers dealt with it?
14 mins
From cleaning bedpans to treating broken bones: how nursing in the NHS has changed.
14 mins
Breast screening highlighted the issue of over-diagnosis and over-treatment in the NHS.
14 mins
When MRSA and other hospital bugs hit the headlines, the NHS had to clean up its act.
14 mins
How the NHS responded to a new fatal disease, Aids, in the 1980s.
14 mins
A baby died, wards were closed and nurses went on strike. An NHS crisis in the 1980s.
14 mins
How the Black Report in 1980 and others exposed inequalities in health in deprived areas.
14 mins
How the NHS responded to the birth of the first test tube baby in 1978.
14 mins
How Cecily Saunders' 'modern hospice' movement forced the NHS to plan for a 'good death'.
14 mins
How unsung heroine Barbara Robb exposed glaring gaps in the care of the mentally ill.
13 mins
