The Oxford Mail
has published a special sixteen-page supplement in its daily journal
celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the National Health Service. It is
sixteen pages, but it is infested with ads; and it says nothing original at all.
It is simply a parade of healthcare providers in their best uniforms smiling
like waxworks for the camera. There is also a history lesson of how the NHS
came about in 1948 as a result of tireless work by the Minister of Health at
the time. I consider Aneurin Bevan a sincere person. He was from a poor mining
family in south Wales
and wanted genuinely to improve the lives of the working class. He said: "The collective principle asserts
that... no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is
denied medical aid because of lack of means." and I agree with him. The
problem is that over the three quarters of a century since, his grand artwork
has mutated into some kind of hideous monster like Dorian Grey's portrait. I
will not repeat myself in this article, but simply refer you to the background
links below. I remember the sixtieth NHS birthday fifteen years ago because I
was one of the guests of honour at Oxford
Town Hall , see: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2018/06/nhs-seventieth-anniversary.html.
There's nothing more really I can add except to say I don't care about this
anniversary timestamp and I don't think we have anything to celebrate.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2014/07/allyson-pollock-at-tedx.html.
And: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2016/03/national-health-singers-yours.html.
And: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2023/01/nhs-winter-crisis-2023.html.
And: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-gas-spanner-programme-49.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2014/07/allyson-pollock-at-tedx.html.
And: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2016/03/national-health-singers-yours.html.
And: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2023/01/nhs-winter-crisis-2023.html.
And: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-gas-spanner-programme-49.html.
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