A milestone in history
"The collective principle asserts that... no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
The hospital officially opened in 1929, before becoming a military hospital during the Second World War. The first military patients arrived in 1940 following the German invasion of Norway, then later the hospital was transferred to the US military, becoming the 10th US Station Hospital. In the years that followed, the NHS would become one of the world's biggest employers, with estimates of more than one million staff.
The little girl who took Bevan his breakfast In an archive interview, June told the Manchester Evening News how Bevan stayed at her parents' house the night before the historic day, and how she vividly remembered the excitement about his visit and her mother's struggle to put together a breakfast for him because rationing meant they were still short of food.
"We had a spare room and my father was a Labour activist, so we often had people to stay, I remember Barbara Castle coming once. I remember my mother saying I could come with her to take breakfast up to our visitor but saying I mustn't go too close because I had a cold and he had a very important speech to make later.
June would go on to train as a physiotherapist at Ancoats Hospital, working for many years at Cheadle Royal Hospital and at the Christie, including service as a non-executive director of the cancer hospital. “It’s very ironic that I was born in Trafford General and then went back to do work experience there," Caitlin says. "It’s almost like going full circle. I have to thank the hospital twice, as it’s been such an influential part of my life.”
"I felt a lot of the time in the past, like I’d been put under a label and some people don’t think you’ll be able to succeed But I’m proof that with the right support, which is there if I need it, I can do my job well.” "She really inspired me, as she raised us all on her own. She’s the reason I am so happy and want to help people.”
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