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‘It’s an outrage’: stars join fight against cuts as Welsh arts go into meltdown

Michael Sheen among big names in call for action as leading figure warns there will be little left of the sector in 10 years

The Guardian - UK

Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan is a call to arms at the NHS’s moment of maximum peril

The Welsh actor’s performance at the National Theatre is timely. Let’s just hope it’s not too late to save the patient, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

The Guardian - UK

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The Human Body review – Keeley Hawes and the NHS in a silver-screen romance

Hawes and Jack Davenport radiate as postwar lovers in Lucy Kirkwood’s post-war romantic drama set against the birth of the NHS

The Guardian - UK

The playwrights fighting for the NHS: ‘We only engage in a moment of crisis’

From Michael Sheen’s portrayal of the organisation’s founder to a frank tale of the modern challenges faced by its staff, theatres are exploring the history, and fragile future, of our health service

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Born in Greater Manchester

How the NHS began here PLUS What problems does it face 75 years on AND Why its survival is so important

Manchester Evening News

A Great Western Railway train has been named in memory of Aneurin Bevan on the 75th anniversary of the NHS

The first baby to be born on the NHS, Aneira Thomas, unveiled the train in Newport on Tuesday amid celebrations of the NHS's 75th anniversary

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NHS turns 75: The history of the health service that changed the face of Britain

It has cared for thousands of us ‘from the cradle to the grave’ and pioneered world-changing medical advances. Daniel Keane looks at how the NHS began

Evening Standard

Timeline: The NHS’s milestones in healthcare as service turns 75

The service was launched by Aneurin Bevan on July 5 1948.

The Independent UK

Prince and Princess of Wales drop in for NHS tea party

The royal couple met with guests including Aneira ‘Nye’ Thomas, the first baby born on the NHS, named after NHSs founder Aneurin Bevan.

The Independent UK

How the NHS was born in Greater Manchester - and the lives touched by that day

A milestone in history

Manchester Evening News

What happened when you were sick before the NHS was created 75 years ago

The NHS was the first system of its kind in the world

Wales Online

What happened before the health service? Your NHS questions answered

The new national service meant everybody could get treatment, whether they were a baker or a banker.

The Independent UK

First baby born on NHS slams Tories for 'dragging down' institution on 75th birthday

Aneira Thomas was born at one minute past midnight on July 5, 1948 – the day Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS – and has slammed the Tories for their treatment of the institution

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Evening Standard

NHS at 75: Why and when was the health service created?

The NHS was the first universal health system to be free to everyone

Wales Online

Carol Vorderman pays tribute to ‘truly fine’ Welsh politician as she encourages people to register to vote

Aneurin Bevan famously spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service (NHS)

The Guardian - UK

Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays

‘Epic and deeply personal’ Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris

Wales Online

The hidden lane in Cardiff covered in amazing art that tells fantastic stories

Colourful murals decorate the walls of an alleyway behind Shirley Road in Roath

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The Conversation

Aneurin Bevan's writings still have lessons for contemporary politics – and far beyond the NHS

The NHS will turn 75 this year, a considerable legacy for the person responsible for establishing the service, Aneurin Bevan. But Bevan’s political career encompassed far more than this one achievement.

Reason

Across the Globe, Government Health Care Systems Are Failing Us

By restricting private health care choices, the NHS and other beloved single-payer systems were doomed from the start.

The Guardian - UK

Paul Johnson obituary

Prolific journalist and historian who shifted allegiance from the left of Labour to become an ardent Thatcher supporter

Wales Online

Nurses say Welsh Government one-off payment 'doesn't cut it' in negotiations

Nicky Hughes of Royal College of Nursing for Wales said the Welsh Government couldn't even say how much it could offer - despite media reports it was going to offer nurses a one-off £1,000

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘would tear up contract with GPs’ and make them salaried NHS staff

Planned overhaul for GP surgeries puts party on collision course with British Medical Association

Daily Record

NHS must be protected and two-tier system for the wealthy would 'be step too far'

The NHS might be at breaking point but we must never adopt a two-tier system, says Record View.

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford absolutely blows his top when questioned about the Welsh NHS

The First Minister shared a testy exchange with Andrew RT Davies over the NHS, asking the Welsh Conservative group leader: 'You think you turn up here this afternoon and claim some sort of moral high ground?'

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