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It was only a coincidence that the NHS and the Empire Windrush (a ship carrying 492 migrants from Britain's West Indian colonies) arrived together. On 22 June 1948, as the ship's passengers disembarked, frantic preparations were already underway for 5 July, the Appointed Day when the nation's new National Health Service would first open its doors. The relationship between immigration and the NHS rapidly attained - and has enduringly retained - notable political and cultural significance. Both the Appointed Day and the post-war arrival of colonial and Commonwealth immigrants heralded…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2015Oxford University Press · 400 pages · 9780198725282
National health services, great britainPublic opinion, great britainGreat britain, race relationsImmigrantsCommunicable diseasesEmigration and immigrationHistoryMEDICAL