65 years since NHS began
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service - the first system of its kind in the world.
Study: NHS must take 'courageous action'
A new study has warned that the NHS might not make its next milestone unless officials to take "deliberate and courageous action" to transform the service.
The new report, based on polling of staff and the general public by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, recommends that the NHS moves from "fragmented to integrated care".
Writing the foreword, NHS Confederation chief Mike Farrar said the service faces "significant financial and demand pressures" and that it must firge an "agenda for change that meets the needs of the population it serves".
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