A portrait of the National Health Service: 'It's almost like a religion'

A portrait of the National Health Service: 'It's almost like a religion' It employs one in 20 British workers, costs £260,000 a minute to run and deals with almost 5 million patients a week. But who are the people that keep the NHS on its feet? With the service at a crossroads, Jon Henley meets NHS staff and finds passion, dedication – and trepidation about the future Continue reading... The Guardian

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• This is the NHS: day one of our groundbreaking project – rolling blog The Guardian
• Nye Bevan's dream: a history of the NHS The Guardian
• The National Health Service explained - video The Guardian
• The Guardian view on the NHS: how much is the nation prepared to pay? | Editorial The Guardian