title: The history of paediatric surgery in the United Kingdom and the influence of the national health service on its development.
abstract: Details of the modern history of paediatric surgery in the United Kingdom with particular emphasis on the 3 main training centres in England in the 1960s to 1970s are discussed. The genesis of the National Health Service and of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons and their influence on the establishment and sitting of regional centres, education and training, and centralization of rare conditions is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EM, United Kingdom. l.spitz@ich.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spitz
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D009313:National Health Programs; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D006113:United Kingdom