The First NHS: How John Tomleyâs Work Led to Modern Healthcare
Language: English
Published by Pen and Sword History, 2024
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- Title
- The First NHS: How John Tomleyâs Work Led to Modern Healthcare
- Author
- Snow, Emma
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword History
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
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- hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 1399038168
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- 9781399038164
"Emma Snow has a lifelong interest in, and knowledge of, the history of the NHS, through its precursors and early gestation in Wales. The key involvement of John Tomley too long has been neglected. This fascinating and detailed narrative provides a new and accurate perspective of the greatest of all the United Kingdom’s contributions to social policy and public benefit." - Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE, KC - Former MP for Montgomeryshire
"A fascinating and personal story of the beginnings of the NHS, reminding us of its vital importance in the current climate of crises and loss of confidence." - Dr Russ Hewson, NHS Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist
We all think the NHS was first dreamed up by Nye Bevan when he became minister of health in 1945. Yet experiments with the NHS and welfare state in fact started many years before.
Inspired by a doctor who coined the phrase “national health service” in 1910, John Tomley and David Davies took steps to pilot the first ever national health service, focusing on TB in Wales, the WNMA. Through the findings of the WNMA’s work, as well as John’s work as a local health commissioner and UK leader of the largest health service providers, the friendly societies, John campaigned for effective treatment for TB, including prevention and a national health service.
John successfully led the campaign for the government’s Welsh TB Inquiry, which led directly to the Beveridge Report and the founding of the NHS and wider welfare state in 1948. His family then forgot about his work, due to the ravages of a genetic disease, so John’s story has never been told. Meanwhile the NHS, which John helped to found, also led to a cure for this disease for his great-great-granddaughter.
The moral of this surprising tale? If John can do it, any of us can. We have what John described as the “golden keys’ in our hands. By understanding the crucial information John gave us from his life’s work, the importance of fighting all the Beveridge Report’s Five Giants at once, we can tackle the social determinants of health today, and change people’s lives for our generation and future generations.
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