5^th July 2023 marks National Health Service, 75 years of service,  that are free for all at the point of delivery, treating over a million people a day in England. In 1948, Ministries of Health and Labour, with the Colonial Office, the General Nursing Council and the Royal College of Nursing began a massive recruitment drive throughout the West Indies to recruit staff to the NHS. The Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan, a Labour MP,  introduced the free service, based on a 1942 cross-party report established the principle of the NJHS, which until them had been founded on insurance-based schemes as most people could not afford to pay for medical bills.  Beavan met the first NHs patient 13-year-old Svylvia Beckingham on the day the NHS was launched. Private health care has continued parallel to the NHS, paid for largely by private insurance, used by about 8 per cent of the population as an add-on to NHS services. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system, in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Unico de Saude, primarily funded by the government from general taxation and small amount from National Insurance contributions. The NHS provides healthcare to all legal English residents and residents from other regions of the UK, with most services free at the point of use for most people.

NHs staff have been joining events to mark 75th Anniversary and have attended a service at Westminster Abbey, and a reception at 10, Downing Street. Sites and landmarks including Dartford Crossing, Brighton Pier andRochester Catheral and Castle were lit up blue on Wednesday evening.

In 1953 two Cambridge University scientists James D Watson and Francis Crick revolutionized the study of disease caused by the defective genes. The discovery included vital work from Rosalind Franklin and in 1956 Polio immunization programme began and the first kidney dialysis was performed by Frank Parsons at Leeds General Infirmary. In 1957 whooping cough immunization programme was introduced. By 1958 Polio and diphtheria vaccination was available to everyone under 15 and the first successful cardiopulmonary by-pass programme in the UK began at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. In 1960 the first kidney transplant took place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, involving identical twins. By 1962 the first full hip replacement was carried out by professor John Charnley at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan. In 1967, the first successful treatment of Rhesus disease of the newborn, which causes series health problems including deafness and blindness. Measles vaccine introduced in 1968. Also, the first heart transplant is carried out by South African-born surgeon Donald Ross at the National Heart Hospital in London, and Europe’s  first liver transplant performed by Professor Sir Roy Calne at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. In 1972 CT scans revolutionised the way doctors examine the body, after three dimensional images produced from a large series of two-dimensional X-rays. In 1978 the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown is born as a result of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) developed by Dr Patrick Steptoe, followed by first successful bone marrow transplant on a child carried out in 1979, by Professor Roland Levinsky at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. In 1980, MRI ( magnetic resonance imaging scans were introduced and keyhole surgery is used successfully for the first time to carry out the removal of a gall bladder, in 1983 first combined heart and lung transplant in the UK performed by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub at Harefield Hospital , Middlesex. In 1986, first heart, lung and liver transplant is carried out by professor Sir Roy Calne and Professor John Wallwork at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. Princes Diana opened the first purpose-built AIDS ward at the Middlesex Hospital. In 1992 Britain developed a vaccine against Haemophilius influenzae type B (Hib) a cause of childhood meningits and world’s first laser surgery on babies in the womb to treat potentially fatal twin to twin transfusion syndrome took place at King’s College Hospital in London. In 2002, first successful treatment of a child in the UK by gene therapy at Great Ormaond Street Hospital in London. In 2007, introduction of robotic arm leads to ground-breaking heart operations for patients with fast or irregular heartbeats. In 2016 first double hand transplant performed at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and funded Bionic Eye surgery. IN 2017, NHS England announced, world’s largest single PrEP implementation trial to prevent HIV infection.

In 2109 NHS England strikes deal for a first-in-a-new-generation of gene therapies which can cure blindness in children.  In 2020, the first known case of COVID-19 in the UK in December, Margaret Keenan becomes the first person in the world to receive a  Pfizer COVID-19 jab outside of a clinical trial after its clinical approval. In 2021, Dexamethasone, discovered as an effective treatment for COVID-19 in a clinical trial in the NHS and saves one million lives worldwide.

NHS, the first universal health system available to all is 75 years

5^th July 2023 mark National Health Service, 75 years of service,  that are free for all at the point of delivery, treating over a million people a day in England. In 1948, Ministries of Health and Labour, with the Colonial Office, the General Nursing Council and the Royal College of Nursing began a massive recruitment drive throughout the West Indies to recruit staff to the NHS. The Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan, a Labour MP,  introduced the free service, based on a 1942 cross-party report established the principle of the NJHS, which until them had been founded on insurance-based schemes as most people could not afford to pay for medical bills.  Beavan met the first NHs patient 13-year-old Svylvia Beckingham on the day the NHS was launched. Private health care has continued parallel to the NHS, paid for largely by private insurance, used by about 8 per cent of the population as an add-on to NHS services. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system, in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Unico de Saude, primarily funded by the government from general taxation and small amount from National Insurance contributions. The NHS provides healthcare to all legal English residents and residents from other regions of the UK, with most services free at the point of use for most people.

In 1953 two Cambridge University scientists James D Watson and Francis Crick revolutionized the study of disease caused by the defective genes. The discovery included vital work from Rosalind Franklin and in 1956 Polio immunization programme began and the first kidney dialysis was performed by Frank Parsons at Leeds General Infirmary. In 1957 whooping cough immunization programme was introduced. By 1958 Polio and diphtheria vaccination was available to everyone under 15 and the first successful cardiopulmonary by-pass programme in the UK began at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. In 1960 the first kidney transplant took place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, involving identical twins. By 1962 the first full hip replacement was carried out by professor John Charnley at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan. In 1967, the first successful treatment of Rhesus disease of the newborn, which causes series health problems including deafness and blindness. Measles vaccine introduced in 1968. Also, the first heart transplant is carried out by South African-born surgeon Donald Ross at the National Heart Hospital in London, and Europe’s  first liver transplant performed by Professor Sir Roy Calne at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. In 1972 CT scans revolutionised the way doctors examine the body, after three dimensional images produced from a large series of two-dimensional X-rays. In 1978 the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown is born as a result of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) developed by Dr Patrick Steptoe, followed by first successful bone marrow transplant on a child carried out in 1979, by Professor Roland Levinsky at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. In 1980, MRI ( magnetic resonance imaging scans were introduced and keyhole surgery is used successfully for the first time to carry out the removal of a gall bladder, in 1983 first combined heart and lung transplant in the UK performed by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub at Harefield Hospital , Middlesex. In 1986, first heart, lung and liver transplant is carried out by professor Sir Roy Calne and Professor John Wallwork at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. Princes Diana opened the first purpose-built AIDS ward at the Middlesex Hospital. In 1992 Britain developed a vaccine against Haemophilius influenzae type B (Hib) a cause of childhood meningits and world’s first laser surgery on babies in the womb to treat potentially fatal twin to twin transfusion syndrome took place at King’s College Hospital in London. In 2002, first successful treatment of a child in the UK by gene therapy at Great Ormaond Street Hospital in London. In 2007, introduction of robotic arm leads to ground-breaking heart operations for patients with fast or irregular heartbeats. In 2016 first double hand transplant performed at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and funded Bionic Eye surgery. IN 2017, NHS England announced, world’s largest single PrEP implementation trial to prevent HIV infection.

In 2109 NHS England strikes deal for a first-in-a-new-generation of gene therapies which can cure blindness in children.  In 2020, the first known case of COVID-19 in the UK in December, Margaret Keenan becomes the first person in the world to receive a  Pfizer COVID-19 jab outside of a clinical trial after its clinical approval. In 2021, Dexamethasone, discovered as an effective treatment for COVID-19 in a clinical trial in the NHS and saves one million lives worldwide.