The NHS at 70: A timeline in pictures

The NHS at 70: A timeline in pictures On 5 July 1948, 70 years ago on Thursday, the National Health Service (NHS) was born.

We look at seven decades of the development of the NHS, alongside medical advancements, highlighting events that have been documented with archive photography. BBC News

See also:

• Young volunteers, long-serving domestic assistant and ‘virtual surgeon’ among winners of NHS birthday awards NHS England
• NHS: A Bevan family business BBC News
• NHS at 70: Early patient pays tribute to life saving treatment BBC News
• NHS at 70: Aneira Thomas the first NHS baby BBC News
• NHS Street: Voices from Aneurin Bevan's Tredegar BBC News
• The NHS at 70: How can we help it survive? BBC News
• NHS at 70: the charts that show how the health service has changed since 1948 The Daily Telegraph
• NHS heroes: doctors, nurses, porters, therapists on the service at 70 The Guardian
• What does the NHS need to survive for another 70 years? | Richard Horton, Clare Gerada, and others The Guardian
• The birth of the NHS - in pictures The Guardian
• How the NHS inspired 60 years of heart-stopping TV drama The Guardian
• NHS at 70: How it took nearly a century for the health service to be formed The Independent
• NHS at 70: The scientific breakthroughs that revolutionised the service The Independent
• I've watched the deterioration of the NHS at first hand. Trust me when I say as a political reporter, this is our country's biggest issue The Independent