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Denzil_DC

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1. There was, from some in the medical profession, at least.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Sep 2, 2017, 04:26 PM

Sep 2017

There's a famous quote from Aneurin Bevan, father of the NHS, about how he overcame opposition, in particular from hospital consultants:

I stuffed their mouths with gold.

The deal he struck was that they were able to continue with private practices while being paid handsomely for their NHS work. That continues to this day.

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question about opposition to the founding of the NHS [View all] steve2470 Sep 2017 OP

There was, from some in the medical profession, at least. Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #1

The British Medical Association was ferociously opposed to the NHS T_i_B Sep 2017 #2