Charity and Healthcare

In this talk Prof Bernard Harris explores the role of charity in medicine since 1945. 

This video celebrates the launch of our free digital resource, The People's Dispensary. 

Charity has always played an important part in the history of health care in the UK, including the provision of charitable support for both hospitals and their patients. However, after 1945, the establishment of the ‘classic welfare state’ was supposed to usher in a new era of state provision.