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History in Isolation - Ep 10 - The National Health Service with Andrew Seaton
Kit speaks with Andrew Seaton about the roots of the British National Health Service in a bid to explain our relationship with it today. Andrew is a historian of Modern Britain and Europe and is currently writing a Ph.D. at NYU on the NHS.
Claps for carers. Rainbow signs in windows. #SaveOurNHS. These are today's symbols that mark Britain's very deep and complicated relationship with its health service. Employing over 1.5 million people, the NHS is the world's 5th largest employer. Its importance to British identity is paramount and there has been no better time to discuss its origins.
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Kit speaks with Andrew Seaton about the roots of the British National Health Service in a bid to explain our relationship with it today. Andrew is a historian of Modern Britain and Europe and is currently writing a Ph.D. at NYU on the NHS.
Claps for carers. Rainbow signs in windows. #SaveOurNHS. These are today's symbols that mark Britain's very deep and complicated relationship with its health service. Employing over 1.5 million people, the NHS is the world's 5th largest employer. Its importance to British identity is paramount and there has been no better time to discuss its origins.