Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan is known for his role in establishing what seminal institution in Great Britain?
Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is an NHS Wales organisation in south Wales, headquartered in Caerleon. The Local Health Board (LHB) was launched in October 2009 through the merger of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust and Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport, Torfaen and Monmouthshire LHBs. It is named after Aneurin Bevan, a Member of Parliament who represented the area and who was the government Minister of Health responsible for the foundation of the National Health Service. The total catchment area for healthcare services contains a population of approximately 600,000. Acute, intermediate, primary and community care and mental
Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan (; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960), often known as Nye Bevan, was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the UK from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice, the rights of working people and democratic socialism. He was a long-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing Ebbw Vale in South Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour Party's left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when,