Letter: NHS funding

Sunday 05 October 1997 23:02 BST

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Sir: Your article on charging patients fails to acknowledge that the health service has not been free since the Labour government introduced charges for prescriptions and dental treatment in 1951. The introduction of charges led to the resignation of the founding father of the NHS, Nye Bevan, and of the young Harold Wilson.

JOHN HUNT

Chief Executive

British Dental Association

London WI

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