The NHS is 75! 5 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service.
“Treating over a million people a day in England, the NHS touches all of our lives. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. Today, nine in 10 people agree that healthcare should be free of charge, more than four in five agree that care should be available to everyone, and that the NHS makes them most proud to be British,” writes England.NHS.UK.
This video is well worth a watch.
Over on Radio 5 a caller said: “The NHS is the best invention that we’ve ever done in this country… & we should be proud of it… but this government has wasted billions on PPE contracts… & we should be making sure we get that money back from the likes of Michelle Mone.”
Tony Blair
Tony Blair has now urged an expanded role for private sector as NHS turns 75.
“The NHS now requires fundamental reform or, eventually, support for it will diminish. As in the 1990s, the NHS must either change or decline,” he writes in the foreword to a new report from his Tony Blair Institute.
Blair goes on: “Change is never easy and requires brave political leadership. If we do not act, the NHS will continue down a path of decline, to the detriment of our people and our economy.”
Controversial NHS comment
Over to Sophie Corcoran ‘Political Broadcaster/ journalist – Reality TV personality – NDA’s ‘celebrity of the year’ nominee 2023 – Political candidate – Student – Futsal player,’ according her Twitter account. She often appears on GB news.
Anyway, she tweeted: “Tired of all of the NHS worshipping already
“It’s a failing public service not our national religion.”
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Harsh or fair?
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