While many celebrated the launch of the new National Health Service, with flags, village dances and even a carnival, one official launched the service with a somewhat sombre tone. John Edwards, ...

Nothing is more gut-wrenching than watching a close friend dying in front of you. And I mean beyond close: a friend who brought you into the world, helped raise you, and was there whenever you were ...

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A retired doctor who helped launch the NHS in 1948 last night savaged the Tories’ disastrous record on health – and admitted he sheds tears over the shambles. Prof Harold Ellis, 96, was just 22 and ...

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