While many celebrated the launch of the new National Health Service, with flags, village dances and even a carnival, one official launched the service with a somewhat sombre tone. John Edwards, ...

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The NHS is in our blood. Even those rich enough to have shunned the NHS in preference for private treatment will have accessed free care when they have needed help most – in an emergency. This is when ...

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