Why 2018 will be a very special year for the NHS

[Northerner]

This is a special year for the NHS - it marks its 70th birthday. So expect lots of anniversary events and stories celebrating the success of the health service over the past seven decades.

The big day is on 5 July and word has it that the Chelsea Flower Show and the Wimbledon tennis championships will even be organising their own tributes.

There will also be a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London and individual health services are being encouraged to hold open days for the public, 70th birthday-themed awards for staff and to help communities organise summer tea parties to mark the milestone.

There is much to celebrate. The NHS has played its part in eradicating diseases such as polio and diphtheria and pioneered new treatments including carrying out the first liver, heart and lung transplant.

And it is also the UK's largest employer with 1.5 million staff drawn from all over the world.

But what else will the next 12 months hold?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42439675

 

[HOBIE]

We all take it as normal these days but years ago no ? They should have a party 😎

 

[mikeyB]

Yes, staff from all over the world, who will all be told to get lost by this right wing government, bringing the NHS to its knees, and in Scotland, total collapse. Happy anniversary.