NHS at 70: What does the future hold?
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NHS at 70: What does the future hold?

Lynne Pearce Freelance health journalist

Issues such as Brexit and social care will influence whether the NHS is fighting fit or ailing in the years ahead

Today’s NHS deals with about a million patients a day, employing roughly 1.5 million people in the UK. The institution, which turns 70 on 5 July, is held in such high public esteem that it featured as part of the opening ceremony for the London Olympics in 2012.

Nursing Standard. 33, 4, 16-19. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.4.16.s10

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