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| Nye Bevan |
It is the NHS birthday today, 73 years of service. The Queen has given this public service a George medal.
We are, as usual, getting mixed messages from our new health minister. We are now to go bravely forward and discard our face masks, take holidays if fully vaccinated and accept the risk that some will die from the new variants that will come in the future.
But for today let us be thankful for a marvellous service, that has served us so well through this pandemic and has given us a free health service over the years.
So to those long ago Labour politicians, who actually tried to do good for the country and to the people who work in the NHS - a heartfelt thank you. May the need to privatise you never sully the excellent work you do.
Perhaps also the government will revue the measly 1% pay rise and be more generous, after all certain members of our government have made big bucks out of all the equipment needed for the last health scare.
Well said Thelma and well said Nye Bevan. Good morning from Suffolk. Incredible Edibles made for an interesting and heartening read. Todmorden sounds great. Jan Bx.
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard about the George Medal I thought -that's good but better pay for those on the frontline would be useful as well.
ReplyDeleteFantastic post! I echo Jan and Sue above - yours and Bean's words are so true, and a medal is a nice gesture, but nothing more. It's astonishing that more people aren't fighting for our NHS. I suspect they won't know what they've got till it's gone. Bless forever those Labour politicians who valued and invested in the wellbeing of our country and honestly, I curse those who seek to profit from the undoing of that good work!
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ReplyDeleteNye Bevan's words should never be forgotten but there is a problem that some illnesses are more unfortunate than others.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your comments, as it is one day of news moves on to another and I can only wait with baited breath as to the consequence of the latest government news. See there is another blog to read Riverside Hermit ;)
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