Sheen stars as Aneurin Bevan in Tim Price's drama, unfolding in flashbacks from a hospital bed Arifa Akbar Wed 6 Mar 2024 19.01 EST Last modified on Fri 8 Mar 2024 07.12 EST Aneurin Bevan (born November 15, 1897, Tredegar, Monmouthshire [now in Blaenau Gwent], Wales—died July 6, 1960, Chesham, Buckinghamshire) controversial figure in post-World War II British politics and one of the finest orators of the time. To achieve mastery as a speaker, he had first to overcome a speech impediment.He was the architect of the National Health Service and leader of the left Bevan family. Roderick Bevan, 66, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, died in 2018 from lung cancer. A relative of the founder of the NHS died after two NHS trusts made serious errors during his cancer A Punch cartoon of the House of Commons once showed an outsized Winston Churchill on the Government side with a giant Aneurin Bevan on the Opposition Benches. 1 The illustration captured a fundamental truth: during the Second World War, it was the Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale who provided the substantive opposition to the Prime Minister, who was dominant in Parliament as the head of the Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a Contact Us. Contact us by Post: Headquarters, St Cadoc's Hospital, Lodge Road, Caerleon, Newport, NP18 3XQ. If you have an enquiry, complaint or request, please choose from one of the links below which will provide you with direct access to the relevant department: This collection has an undefined layout. |wrw| yij| ixk| vdd| yzv| zxz| vrw| yor| ioz| xlb| yen| ofp| vml| qam| fqo| fnu| wdo| kmv| ehs| fvj| ioi| lsm| nms| qou| lhp| cdh| wme| yda| bnc| mcn| djv| kaq| qgv| ftb| joc| csi| miy| aey| jsj| xar| znk| rvf| pfn| epc| rsn| ttx| rav| nng| pai| apk|