Good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth it was said. On that ideal the NHS was created in 1948, being launched by the then minister for health Aneurin Bevan.
The Mental Health Act was introduced in 1959, making new plans for the care and treatment of people with mental health problems.
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Of course it’s a different world today but the care nurses give remains the same.
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![Nursing staff on a ward at St James's Hospital, Milton, Portsmouth, taken about 1963. Picture: Courtesy of David Warren-Holland](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjExMWJkOGVhLWM5NzQtNDUxNS1iMzFlLWFlMmMzNmVlOWVmMjpjNmQyOTliYS0wNWYwLTQ5ZDAtYWIzZC0zY2E5Y2E5OWRjMmU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
21. Our nurses and hospitals from the past
Nursing staff on a ward at St James's Hospital, Milton, Portsmouth, taken about 1963. Picture: Courtesy of David Warren-Holland Photo: The News archive
![Staff at St James Hospital, Milton, Portsmouth, at the annual prizegiving at the hospital on May 10, 1962. Picture: Courtesy of David Warren-Holland](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVlMmVhYzdlLTRjYjktNDhjZi04ZDRmLTVhN2QxMTgyZWU2NTo4N2U3MzVlZi03ODk2LTQyZTktOTBmMi0xZTIyZDBjMGZmNmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
22. Our nurses and hospitals from the past
Staff at St James Hospital, Milton, Portsmouth, at the annual prizegiving at the hospital on May 10, 1962. Picture: Courtesy of David Warren-Holland Photo: The News archive
![Q.A. Hsospital 1948
Sent in by Colin Shepherd of Gosport we see patients at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Cosham in 1948. His mother Betty is seated on the left, front.
A mock up of John Cobb's record breaking racing car is seen between the patients.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE4NzVjNzgxLWZhN2QtNDllZS04NTg0LTA2ODcwZTQxZmZjYjo0NjdiZDBhOC1iZTk1LTRmZjEtYTM1Yy1jYmZhYWRlNzMxMzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
23. Our nurses and hospitals from the past
Q.A. Hsospital 1948 Sent in by Colin Shepherd of Gosport we see patients at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Cosham in 1948. His mother Betty is seated on the left, front. A mock up of John Cobb's record breaking racing car is seen between the patients. Photo: The News archive
![Gosport mens ward Christmas 1953. The mens ward from the Gosport memorial Hospital](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNjMWRhMTI5LTE1NjUtNDllOS1iYTI1LTcwYTA3YjBjZTRhMDpjZDNiYzI0Zi0yMGQ5LTQyMDktYjNmMC1jYTE1YTlhMjI2MGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
24. Our nurses and hospitals from the past
Gosport mens ward Christmas 1953. The mens ward from the Gosport memorial Hospital Photo: The News archive