TY - JOUR T1 - August Focus JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 569 LP - 569 VL - 54 IS - 505 AU - David Jewell Y1 - 2004/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/505/569.abstract N2 - Here is Nye Bevan, forever credited with the creation of the NHS, opening a health centre in 1954: ‘… there were three elements that went into the making of [the health service] — namely, the patient, the doctor and society — and that these were not always on good terms with one another. Doctors sometimes gave the impression that they thought the other two were there in order to attend upon them. Patients took a slightly grudging attitude to both. Society, represented by the central government and the local authority, had the obligation of providing the apparatus the doctor wished to use for his patients. The doctor was never satisfied that the apparatus was good enough for its purpose, and the central government or local authority was often satisfied that the doctor … ER -