Editing Aneurin Bevan (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Senedd Bevan.jpg|thumb|upright|A portrait of Bevan in the [[Senedd building]]]]
Bevan's most significant legacy is the National Health Service. Bevan foresaw that it would always be the subject of public debate, warning that "This service must always be changing, growing and improving; it must always appear to be inadequate." However, seven decades after it was founded, a 2013 opinion poll conducted on behalf of [[British Future]] found that the NHS was more popular than at its creation, and more popular than the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchy]], the [[BBC]], and the [[British Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/nhs-even-more-cherished-monarchy-and-army |title=The NHS: even more cherished than the monarchy and the army |work=New Statesman |last=Kutwala |first=Sunder |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>

Bevan was particularly noted for his public speaking, being described by [[Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell]], as "the greatest parliamentary speaker since [[Charles James Fox]]". Winston Churchill, the target of numerous diatribes from Bevan during his career, commented that Bevan was "one of the few members that I will sit still and listen to". Bevan's reputation as a hard-line socialist typically preceded him: Sir William Douglas, who served as Bevan's deputy in the Ministry of Health, had initially stated that he would "never work with a man like that". However, by the end of his tenure, he had declared Bevan as "the best minister we have had".<ref name="Butler">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257851913/?terms=Aneurin%2Bbevan&match=1 |url-access=subscription |title=Rab Beguiled by Bevan |newspaper=The Observer |last=Butler |first=Robin |date=11 April 1982 |access-date=2 August 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Clement Attlee expressed his support that Bevan should have been the leader of the Labour Party during his lifetime but was held back by his demeanour, stating "he wants to be two things simultaneously, rebel and official leader, and you can't be both".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/books/too-long-too-angry.html |title=Too Long Too Angry |newspaper=The New York Times |last=Harris |first=Kenneth |date=13 September 1987 |access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>

[[Statue of Aneurin Bevan|A bronze statue]] was commissioned by [[South Glamorgan County Council]] and erected in 1987 in the city centre of [[Cardiff]].<ref name="artuk">{{cite web |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/aneurin-bevan-18971960-301971 |title=Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) |publisher=[[Art UK]] |access-date=14 September 2022 }}</ref> The Nye Bevan Estate in [[Clapton, London#Upper and Lower Clapton|Clapton Park]], Hackney, London, was named after Bevan, and was opened in October 1962 by his friend and biographer [[Michael Foot]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacobs |first=Keith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwuWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22nye+bevan+estate%22+hackney&pg=PT387 |title=Neoliberal Housing Policy: An International Perspective |date=2019-04-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-75825-6 |language=en}}</ref>

In November 1997 [[BBC One]] broadcast the drama profile ''Food for Ravens'', with [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] as Bevan and [[Sinéad Cusack]] as Jennie Lee.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0077ct3 | title=BBC Two – Food for Ravens }}</ref>

[[File:Memorial to Aneurin Bevan (main stone) - geograph.org.uk - 634044.jpg|thumb|right|The main stone of the Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones at the Sirhowy Valley Walk]]
The Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones were erected at the beginning of the Sirhowy Valley Walk with three smaller stones (representing three towns of his constituency Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar) surrounding a larger stone representing Bevan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/en/visitors/attractions/aneurin-bevan-memorial-stones/ |title=Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones |publisher=Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref> In 2002, Bevan was voted as the 45th greatest Briton of all time by the BBC public opinion poll, ''[[100 Greatest Britons]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2208671.stm| title=100 great British heroes| work=BBC News| date=1 August 2019}}</ref> The following year, Bevan was voted number one in the [[100 Welsh Heroes]] poll, a response to find the public's favourite Welsh people of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8792000/8792227.stm|title=BBC – Enduring legacy of Aneurin Bevan|date=21 August 2002|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100welshheroes.com/en/biography/aneurinbevan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914101853/http://www.100welshheroes.com/en/biography/aneurinbevan|title=Aneurin Bevan / 100 Welsh Heroes / 100 Arwyr Cymru|archive-date=14 September 2015|website=100welshheroes.com}}</ref> Numerous institutions bear Bevan's name, including the [[Aneurin Bevan University Health Board]], and [[Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan]], a hospital located within his old Ebbw Vale constituency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11530257 |title=Hospital named after Aneurin Bevan opens in Ebbw Vale |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref> In July 2023 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, Great Western Railway named a train after Bevan in a ceremony at Newport station. The train was unveiled by Aneria Thomas, the first baby born under the NHS.<ref>{{cite news |title=NHS at 75: New Aneurin Bevan train unveiled for anniversary |work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66103087 |date=4 July 2023|access-date=6 January 2024 }}</ref>

In 2015, Welsh actor [[Michael Sheen]] gave a speech in which he described Bevan as a mythical creature, stating, "He had cast-iron integrity and a raging passion".<ref name="ns"/> Sheen portrayed Bevan in [[Tim Price (writer)|Tim Price]]'s play ''[[Nye (play)|Nye]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in London from March until May 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powster |title=Nye {{!}} Official Website {{!}} 23 April 2024 |url=https://nye.ntlive.com/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Nye {{!}} Official Website|language=en}}</ref> and at [[Wales Millennium Centre]] in Cardiff from May until June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye |url=https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/nye |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Wales Millennium Centre |language=en}}</ref> The play will be revived with Sheen reprising the role at the National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre in July and August 2025.

In 2024, a new health centre opened in Tredegar, Bevan's hometown. Named "The Bevan Centre", it provides primary care and some secondary care to those in the catchment area of the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}