NHSGGC / 60th Anniversary / Timeline

	TIMELINE

1940 - 1950s


pre-NHS	Before the NHS
1948	The Birth of the NHS The establishment of the National Health Service in the UK.
1948	The Western Regional Hospital Board The WRHB comes into existence.
1948	Woodilee, Gartloch & Lennox Castle Hospitals All become NHS hospitals under the joint Board of Management for Glasgow Mental Hospitals.
1951	Nursing - The Early Days
1955	Advances in Mental Health
1955	Vale of Leven Hospital Opens First new hospital in Britain since Second World War (between 1945 and 1955 repayment of war debt to the USA was equivalent to the cost of 200 new hospitals).
1955	First 'Iron Lung' in Britain Built by Aga cooker company and installed at Belvidere Hospital. The idea of Intensive Care Units was developed from this experience.
1957	Chest X-ray campaign helps to eliminate TB in Glasgow 37 mobile X-ray vans come from all over Britain to help.
1957	Southern General Hospital Information Booklet Published on June 21st (PDF/1.43MB).
1957	Nurse Training Pioneered New classroom based scheme of nurse training pioneered at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
1958	The First Use of Ultrasound The first pictures of unborn babies were produced in Glasgow by Professor Ian Donald.