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Class of 1948 looks back at 60 years of the NHS

  • Last modified date:
    10 April 2008
Class photograph taken at Tintagel Primary School in 1948

The positive impact of life-long care delivered by the NHS is revealed today in an interactive web feature that traces the health history of a class of Cornish school children from 60 years ago.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, a writer for the NHS Choices website tracked down the former pupils from a 1948 class photograph taken at Tintagel Primary School in Cornwall.

A comprehensive picture of the former pupils’ health today, and the factors that have influenced it, was built up during a series of in-depth interviews about their life experiences.

Visitors can watch these fascinating interviews and follow a timeline of the former pupils’ health histories, as part of the multi media web feature launched today on NHS Choices. 

The Class of 48 feature is also accompanied by a new NHS 60th anniversary timeline that tells the story of the life saving developments in the service over the past 60 years.

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