Duchesse de Nemours Dedicated to all the NHS Staff who have given fine public service for 70 Years
X We have three large peonies in our garden but the Duchesse de Nemours is my personal favourite, Ivory white flowers with a touch of lemon and a scent to die for . They are finished flowering now but I always look forward to Mid May when for two weeks they are the stars of the garden.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 70 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY
I would like to thank the staff of the NHS living and dead who have assisted me with my health over the years. I had my first operation when I was six weeks old in 1954 and had a further ten plastic surgery operations before I was ten. Since then the NHS has helped with me various minor illnesses . It has also cared for my parents and of course recently has restored Marys eyesight.
I know very well the NHS is far from perfect it needs additional funding and there will always be improvements that can be made. However what we must never forgot is the basic fundamental philosophy of the NHS : that the state has a fundamental duty to protect the health of its citizens whatever their means . Good quality healthcare is I believe a right for all people. Its also worth reminding ourselves that the NHS was not formed at a time of prosperity but after the end of the second world war when Britain was broke and on its knees.
I for one will be manning the barricades if some political party ever tries to remove it. In some ways the NHS is more than just a health provider its a symbol of the type of society we hopefully still aspire to be.
So many thanks to Lord Bevridge, Clement Attlee and Nye Bevan for creating the NHS in 1948 its an institution we will all complain about from time to time but we would complain a lot more and be poorer as a country without it .
Sorry for the sermon Folks
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH
Duchesse de Nemours Dedicated to all the NHS Staff who have given fine public service for 70 Years
X We have three large peonies in our garden but the Duchesse de Nemours is my personal favourite, Ivory white flowers with a touch of lemon and a scent to die for . They are finished flowering now but I always look forward to Mid May when for two weeks they are the stars of the garden.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 70 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY
I would like to thank the staff of the NHS living and dead who have assisted me with my health over the years. I had my first operation when I was six weeks old in 1954 and had a further ten plastic surgery operations before I was ten. Since then the NHS has helped with me various minor illnesses . It has also cared for my parents and of course recently has restored Marys eyesight.
I know very well the NHS is far from perfect it needs additional funding and there will always be improvements that can be made. However what we must never forgot is the basic fundamental philosophy of the NHS : that the state has a fundamental duty to protect the health of its citizens whatever their means . Good quality healthcare is I believe a right for all people. Its also worth reminding ourselves that the NHS was not formed at a time of prosperity but after the end of the second world war when Britain was broke and on its knees.
I for one will be manning the barricades if some political party ever tries to remove it. In some ways the NHS is more than just a health provider its a symbol of the type of society we hopefully still aspire to be.
So many thanks to Lord Bevridge, Clement Attlee and Nye Bevan for creating the NHS in 1948 its an institution we will all complain about from time to time but we would complain a lot more and be poorer as a country without it .
Sorry for the sermon Folks
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH