This morning MPs and Parliamentarians from across the UK joined top NHS clinicians and parkrun leaders for a special run to celebrate the NHS’s 75th birthday. The event, spearheaded by Nick Smith MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on parkrun, saw 22 MPs, from a range of political parties, run around St James’s Park. […]

Great Britain’s sporting heroes have come together to mark the 75th birthday of the NHS by sharing their own personal stories of thanks for the much-loved British institution. In a new film released for the 75th anniversary of the NHS (Wednesday 5 July), athletes from Team GB, ParalympicsGB and Special Olympics GB have expressed their […]

Five winners of a photography competition for NHS staff and volunteers to mark 75 years of the health service have been unveiled today at the FUJIFILM House of Photography, with images including long-serving nurse, ‘Mother Obe’, the NHS COVID-19 vaccination effort and an ambulance battling the Beast from the East among the winning images. The […]

Seven new gambling addiction clinics will open this summer as NHS services face record demand, chief executive Amanda Pritchard announced today. Ahead of its 75th birthday on Wednesday 5 July, the NHS said it was “adapting to new healthcare needs” and rapidly expanding the support services for thousands of people experiencing gambling-related harms. New figures, […]

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will be joined by NHS staff, senior government and political leaders, health leaders and celebrities at a service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the NHS 75th birthday next week. The service, to be held at 11am on Wednesday 5 July, will include an address by NHS […]

A post-pandemic drive to help people stay well, greater use of technology to put power into the hands of patients and treating people closer to home should be at the heart of NHS plans, an independent report said today. The NHS Assembly, an independent advisory group established in 2019, consulted staff, patient groups, carers, charities, […]

A shortlist of 75 NHS staff and volunteers has been announced in a photography competition to mark 75 years of the health service, with images including a portrait of Britain’s oldest volunteer – 102-year-old Beryl Carr – and a patient playing the violin during her brain surgery. The national competition, run by NHS England in […]

A haematologist, psychiatrist and radiographer are among dozens of frontline NHS staff recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List. As the NHS approaches its milestone 75th birthday next month, the 2023 Birthday Honours have been awarded to a wide range of NHS doctors, nurses and other staff who have made a significant contribution to healthcare. […]

The NHS has today announced its shortlist of nominated staff, carers and volunteers for this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards, ahead of its milestone 75th  birthday. Launched in March, MPs were asked to find and nominate outstanding individuals or teams who have made the biggest improvements to health services in their constituencies across 10 categories. Ahead of […]

Britain’s most successful male tennis player, Andy Murray, is encouraging people across the UK to take part in ‘parkrun for the NHS’ to celebrate the NHS’s 75th birthday and to take steps towards a more healthy, active lifestyle. Tens of thousands of people across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to ‘parkrun for […]