The NHS belongs to all of us and we are keen for as many people as possible to get the opportunity to mark the NHS’s 75th birthday.

NHS and other bodies across the country are organising an exciting array of events.

They are a great way to learn more about the NHS – its history, plans for the future and to meet the staff who make it what it is.

You can also find out more about how you can support the NHS, for instance by volunteering, supporting NHS charities or by giving blood.

We will be updating the programme of events on a regular basis, so please check back regularly.

If you are organising your own event to mark the birthday and would like to add it our website, email us at england.nhs75@nhs.net.

Events

We will be updating the programme of events on a regular basis, so please check back regularly.

• Thursday 22 June – Windrush Day*
• Wednesday 14 to Thursday 15 June – ConfedExpo
• Saturday 1 July to Sunday 9 July – host an NHS Big Tea
• Wednesday 5 July – NHS birthday
  • Service for NHS staff, volunteers and partners at Westminster Abbey**
  • Light Up Blue
• Thursday 6 July 2023 – George Cross tour commences
• Saturday 8 July – ‘parkrun for the NHS’
• Sunday 9 July – ‘parkrun for the NHS’ (juniors)

* Events organised by third parties and not endorsed by NHS England
** Tickets for this event will be made available via local NHS bodies

News and blogs

• Tennis star Sir Andy Murray OBE backs ‘parkrun for the NHS’
• Next generation of filmmakers commissioned to tell NHS untold film stories
• Celebrating the NHS’s 75th at NHS ConfedExpo
• NHS Chief Executive goes back to school to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary
• Bill Bailey to present NHS75 Extraordinary Portraits
• NIHR launches Shape The Future campaign in support of NHS75
• Hydrate the Nation 30 day Challenge
• TeenTech Innovation Challenge for NHS 75
• George cross to tour the nation to mark NHS 75th birthday
• Raise a cuppa to mark the NHS’s 75th
• Flying the Windrush flag
• Dr Jon Williamson – life through the lens as an Anaesthetic Registrar
• Our NHS at 75 – telling the stories of NHS staff and volunteers through the lens
• Light up blue for NHS75!
• Emma Bridgewater unveils mug to mark NHS’s 75th
• Ending Hepatitis C in England
• Healthcare leaders go back to school
• 75 years of NHS honoured on pandemic anniversary
• The NHS Parliamentary Awards for the 75th anniversary
• Sharing the stories of NHS staff and volunteers
• Schools talks to mark NHS’s 75th anniversary
• 75 years young – Why having an innovation culture is so vital to the NHS’s longevity
• Celebrating Windrush – grants available for local communities
• Award winning poet to be Writer in Residence at Trafford General Hospital to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary
• ‘Parkrun for the NHS’ – celebrating the NHS’s 75th anniversary
• The Repair Shop marks NHS75
• NHS 50p coin marks 75th anniversary