The NHS : Britain's National Health Service, 1948-2020 / Susan Cohen.

In this brief illustrated history, Susan Cohen explains the precursors of the NHS, its genesis under Aneurin Bevan, and seven decades of changing management and organisation, often in controversial political circumstances. This is also the social history of the NHS, which includes the personal recollections of patients, nurses and doctors who have experienced everything from minor rashes to life-threatening diseases, medical breakthroughs, and most recently, the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19.