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65 years since NHS began

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service - the first system of its kind in the world.

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Cameron: Our government will always protect NHS

Writing for The Sun newspaper, the Prime Minister talked of his "love" of the NHS and how he was "touched" by the service's care for his son Ivan, who died in 2009.

David Cameron also talked of the challenges facing the service 65 years to the day after it was founded.

"There are huge issues to solve, such as how we provide proper personal care for frail and elderly people," he wrote.

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