Complex sentence: The government encouraged and approved the establishment of a 65-bed cancer unit at the QE in 1945 and in 1948 it became part of the Birmingham United Hospital Group under the National Health Service.
Split into simpler sentences: The government encouraged and approved the establishment of a 65-bed cancer unit at the QE in 1945. In 1948 it became part of the Birmingham United Hospital Group under the National Health Service.