Leader comment: NHS at 70 faces tough choices to ensure survival
The NHS '“ the '˜world's most cost-effective healthcare system' '“ is creaking under strain of an ageing and unfit population.
Three score years and ten was once viewed as the natural lifespan of a human being, but while a baby girl born in 1948 could look forward to a life that long, the life expectancy of a boy was less than 66.
Today, the respective figures for both girls and boys are about 10 years longer thanks, in large part, to the National Health Service, created 70 years ago today.
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