NHS cartoon from 1948-49 Document: Cartoon from a collection of newspaper cuttings kept by the National Health Service, 1948-1949. Catalogue ref: MH 55/907 Caption: ‘I had such a lovely dream last night. I was having my hair permed FREE under the National Health.’ Description: This is a newspaper cartoon from 1948-49, around the time of the founding of the NHS. The NHS was founded on 5 July 1948 during Clement Attlee’s post-war Labour government. It was based on principles in the Beveridge report, a 1942 official study recommending a welfare state to insure people from ‘the cradle to the grave
NHS cartoon from 1948-49 Document: Cartoon from a collection of newspaper cuttings kept by the National Health Service, 1948-1949. Catalogue ref: MH 55/907 Caption: ‘I had such a lovely dream last night. I was having my hair permed FREE under the National Health.’ Description: This is a newspaper cartoon from 1948-49, around the time of the founding of the NHS. The NHS was founded on 5 July 1948 during Clement Attlee’s post-war Labour government. It was based on principles in the Beveridge report, a 1942 official study recommending a welfare state to insure people from ‘the cradle to the grave’. With this document, students could consider: - What is the tone of this cartoon? - What kind of people are depicted in the cartoon? - What does it tell you about attitudes towards the founding of the NHS in 1948? - Try making your own cartoon about the NHS - what message would you communicate? Learn more about the start of the NHS in our themed collection:
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