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Thanks to the 1911 National Insurance Act, medical care for ordinary people was well established in Britain by 1922. Government legislation in 1948 meant health care was free for everyone - paid for by taxes and national insurance contributions. For the first time complex surgery and expensive drugs were freely available to even the poorest patients, and no one had to rely on charity.

However, the completely free NHS didn鈥檛 last, and by 1952 prescription charges were introduced. This was due to the costs of maintaining the service being much higher than the government expected or were willing to pay. Nevertheless, the government continued to invest heavily in improving surgical techniques, and during the 50s and 60s, vast amounts of money were spent to make surgery safer and more successful.