Henry Willink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHenry Willink
British politician and public servant
Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1894
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 20-Jul-1973
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Henry Willink
- Sir Henry Urmston Willink, 1st Baronet, (7 March 1894 – 20 July 1973) was a British politician and public servant.
- A Conservative Member of Parliament from 1940, he became Minister of Health in 1943.
- During his time in power he was appointed Special Commissioner for those made homeless by the London Blitz and was involved with the production of the Beveridge Report.The details of the report proposed a comprehensive free healthcare system, this led to the white paper 'A National Health Service' , published in 1944, suggesting the creation of such a service, which did not include the nationalisation of hospitals.
- Such a policy was later implemented by the Labour Party through the creation of the National Health Service which differed to the proposals suggested by Willink.
- At the time he claimed the nationalisation of voluntary hospitals "will destroy so much in this country that we value".
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