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NHS 75
NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard reflects on the impact and legacy of the National Health Service in this short video produced to celebrate 75 years of the NHS.
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NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard reflects on the impact and legacy of the National Health Service in this short video produced to celebrate 75 years of the NHS. Recorded outside of Trafford General Hospital, where the NHS was launched on 5 July 1948, Pritchard's speech is supported by clips from archival NHS films which are preserved by the BFI National Archive and are available to view in our NHS on Film collection.
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