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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Nye bevan | History Defined

Nye at the National Theatre: 'Michael Sheen shines'

3/5 Michael Sheen plays the founder of the NHS in this fine, if patchy, crowd-pleaser

Evening Standard

Labour claims to be defending Britain from new threats, but its warfare state is steeped in old thinking

For every sensible proposal, there’s a failure to think through the UK’s place in the world – and a promised ‘defence dividend’ that won’t materialise, says academic and author David Edgerton

The Guardian - UK

Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis

Taking anxiety off the market to create a better society is not easy – but it can be done, says our architecture critic

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The Promise review – high drama of Labour landslide collapses into argufying

Paul Unwin reconstructs the first days of Clement Attlee’s government in 1945 and moves through momentous history without finding a real focus

The Guardian - UK

As a cancer patient and retired GP, I am seeing first-hand how the NHS is struggling

Letters: Dr Amanda Platts, who had to wait eight weeks to start chemotherapy due to a shortage of funding and nurses, believes taxing people more is the only way to save the health service

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre invites NHS health workers to see Nye Bevan play for free

Hundreds of NHS workers can watch the play honouring the start of the health service

Evening Standard

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

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Mother's Day guide: where to take mum, from seeing Tom Hiddleston at Drury Lane to supper at Bébé Bob

Tom Hiddleston, beautiful roast chicken, a spot of culture — Josh Barrie has it all for Mother’s Day

Evening Standard

The playwrights fighting for the NHS: ‘We only engage in a moment of crisis’

From Michael Sheen’s portrayal of the organisation’s founder to a frank tale of the modern challenges faced by its staff, theatres are exploring the history, and fragile future, of our health service

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to see in 2024: from Sarah Jessica Parker’s West End debut to Sarah Snook’s one-woman show

A-listers are treading the boards in force and your favourite films are being transformed for the stage. Jessie Thompson brings you our ultimate guide to what to see at the theatre in 2024

The Independent UK

How the foundations of the NHS are being eroded

Letters: GPs are now working more like those in the gig economy, where personal relationships are regarded as irrelevant, says Dr David Zigmond. Plus letters from Jonathan Hauxwell, Dr John Davies and David J Hunter

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Born in Greater Manchester

How the NHS began here PLUS What problems does it face 75 years on AND Why its survival is so important

Manchester Evening News

NHS' first hospital now - maternity cuts, A&E closure and people who fought to save it

Trafford General is known as the 'birthplace of the NHS' but 75 years on all hospitals are struggling amid the NHS crisis across the UK

Daily Mirror

The first NHS baby is 75 today

'It was there for me the day I was born and will be there for me when I leave this world'

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Wednesday briefing: What really ails the NHS at 75 – and three ways to treat it

In today’s newsletter: Staff are leaving in droves, wait times have tripled and critics say it’s locked in a ‘death spiral’. But the situation might not be terminal, with some big changes

Nottingham Post

'People take NHS for granted' says its first baby as health service turns 75

She said it was a 'national treasure'

Wales Online

First baby born on NHS says people take it for granted as it turns 75

She said it was a 'national treasure'

Daily Record

As the NHS turns 75 we must fight like fury to defend it from Tory austerity

Record View warns that the future of our National Health Service is at stake if the Tories are allowed to continue wreaking havoc north and south of the border.

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The Independent UK

People take the health service for granted – first NHS baby

Nye Thomas called for children to be taught about the NHS in schools.

Daily Mirror

First baby born on NHS slams Tories for 'dragging down' institution on 75th birthday

Aneira Thomas was born at one minute past midnight on July 5, 1948 – the day Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS – and has slammed the Tories for their treatment of the institution

The Guardian - UK

This teacher exodus leaves us all poorer

Workload, poor pupil behaviour, the pressure of Ofsted… no wonder people like me are leaving the profession in droves

The Guardian - UK

Fighting for Life by Isabel Hardman; Critical by Dr Julia Grace Patterson reviews – is the NHS really on its last legs?

The triumphs and the tribulations… former health secretary Alan Johnson on two very different books seeking to take the pulse of our national health service on its 75th anniversary

The Guardian - UK

Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays

‘Epic and deeply personal’ Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris

Daily Mirror

Wes Streeting: 'I won't apologise for being ambitious - but I'm loyal to Keir Starmer'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he wouldn't have taken 20 quid off people in Universal Credit every week'

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If you think decent homes for all is an impossible dream, take a look at Vienna

In contrast to Britain, most people in the city live in good quality, subsidised housing

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