Articles...
May 1 2008
HE started off with one desk and a cheeky grin, and now Derek Phillips is celebrating 50 years of business....
Apr 3 2008
YOU can keep your diamonds and keep your gold, because Bill and Nancy Jones celebrated their platinum wedding yesterday....
Mar 13 2008
A YEAR of getting the people of Bargoed back on their feet has been celebrated with a special anniversary party....
Mar 12 2008
The NHS was founded on the principle that it would be free at the point of delivery to all. But 60 years on, can the NHS continue to provide all care to all people in the face of increasing demand and financial pressures?...
Mar 11 2008
Dr Joanna Longstaffe left the NHS four years ago to set up Wales’ first private GP clinic. She explains her fears for the NHS and the relationship between state-funded and private healthcare...
Mar 7 2008
Pharmacists were the first port of call for many sick people before the advent of the NHS. In the past 60 years their role has changed dramatically from pill maker to public health adviser, as Cath Savage explains...
Mar 5 2008
Aneurin Bevan may have been the architect of the NHS, but the inspiration for enduring state-funded healthcare was the Tredegar Medical Aid Society, as Irena Morgan explains....
Mar 3 2008
The NHS celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Chris Jones explains why the health service’s architect, Aneurin Bevan, deserves icon status...
Mar 1 2008
The NHS is 60 and all this week the Western Mail is celebrating the anniversary. Wales played an integral and inspirational role in its development but, as First Minister Rhodri Morgan writes here, Wales’ influence stretched far beyond Nye Bevan...
Mar 1 2008
As Wales celebrates St David’s Day, the Western Mail launches a series of features to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s greatest contribution to the wellbeing of every man, woman and child in the UK. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley reflects on the birth of the National Health Service and considers its future...
