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He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state.

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He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in , and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his Conservative government during the Second World War. Before entering Parliament, Bevan was involved in miner's union politics and was a leading figure in the general strike.

Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history. Raised in Monmouthshire by a Welsh working-class family, he was the son of a coal miner and left school at Bevan first worked as a miner during his teens where he became involved in local miner's union politics. He was elected head of his Miners' Lodge when aged 19, where he frequently railed against management.

On his return to South Wales he struggled to find work, remaining unemployed for nearly three years before gaining employment as a union official, which led to him becoming a leading figure in the general strike. In Parliament, he became a vocal critic of numerous other politicians from all parties, particularly Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George.

After the war, Bevan was chosen as the Minister of Health in Clement Attlee 's new Labour government, becoming the youngest member of the cabinet at 47, with his remit also including housing. Despite resistance from opposition parties and the British Medical Association , the National Health Service Act was passed and launched in , nationalising more than 2, hospitals within the United Kingdom.