This weekend marks the 72nd anniversary of the NHS, which was launched by Labour Health Minister Aneurin Bevan on 5 July 1948.
Bevan established the National Health Service with three key principles - that it meet the needs of everyone, that it be free at the point of delivery, and that it be based on clinical need, not ability to pay.
He believed that excellent health care should be available to all, regardless of how much money they had. The NHS has been indispensable to the UK in the 72 years since - and never more so than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NHS staff have shown extraordinary skill, compassion and dedication in the fight against coronavirus, putting themselves at risk to help others.
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