Swindon
Swindon has a justifiable claim to be the birthplace of the NHS, says John Cannon, communications manager of the National Monuments Record Centre. 'The Great Western Railway's Medical Fund, set up in the late 1840s with a cradle-to-grave approach to healthcare, was a key inspiration for Aneurin Bevan.'
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