Mental health calls after killing Oct 30, 2009
Price was in the care of the Gwent NHS Trust, which has now been replaced by the Aneurin Bevan Health Board. He was ordered to be detained indefinitely after a court case in December 2007 where he admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. (BBC News -- UK)
New health boards to control NHS Oct 1, 2009
NEW LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS 1 Betsi Cadwallader LHB - Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham, Anglsey and Gwynedd 2 Hywel Dda LHB - Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire 3 Abertawe Bro Morganwg University LHB - Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend 4 Powys Teaching LHB Powys county 5 Cwm Taf LHB - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil 6 Cardiff and Vale LHB - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan 7 Aneurin Bevan LHB - Gwent. In the short term, the changes should have very little impact on the... (BBC News -- UK)
Slaying Britains Sacred Cow Aug 26, 2009
In 1951, the creator of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan, resigned from his position as Minister of Labor when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Gaitskell, introduced prescription charges for glasses and dental care. According to Bevan, this violated the essence of the system, which was that it was free: "A free health service is pure Socialism and as such it is opposed to the hedonism of capitalist society." Or, as he put it in his speech to the Labor Party in 1943, the welfare state was "a social... (CBS News)
“The Language of Priorities Is The Religion of Conservatism” Aug 23, 2009
So almost said Aneurin Bevan, founder of the British National Health Service. I have changed one word. (The American Conservative)
In defense of Britain's health care system Aug 19, 2009
LONDON -- When Britain's National Health Service was created in 1948, its founder, the charismatic politician Aneurin Bevan, observed that it was in place of fear. More than 60 years later, it is fear that dominates the discussion of the NHS in the U.S. debate about health-care reform. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Britain’s Socialists Nothing to Admire Jun 1, 2009
In the words of its Labour creator, Aneurin Bevan, a free health service is pure socialism. And so, in the name of socialism, it had to be centrally controlled, down to the last detail. (Human Events Online)
