The National Health Service has held a special place in the UK’s history since it was first implemented in post-war Britain in 1948. A revolutionary concept, it was launched by then health minister Aneurin Bevan with an undertaking to provide excellent care to all, not just the rich, and to be free at the point of need.
However, over the last few years the NHS has had its funding slashed, its staff are overworked, the threat of privatisation is ever present, the backlash from Brexit has been marked and, of course, the strain of a global pandemic has taken its toll.
In turn, this has seen an astronomical rise in waiting lists
