John Waine

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Staffordshire, UK It’s nice to be important but it’s important to be nice. Photography, blues-rock music, politics, cooking, science, Stoke City

80 years ago today, the NHS Act became law. Its architect, Nye Bevan, was a lifelong humanist who said: 'No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.' Here's his legacy, and why the NHS is a humanist institution 👇

80 years of the NHS Act: Nye Bevan’s humanist legacy

On 6 November 1946, the National Health Service Act became law. Eighty years on, we look back at the legacy of its architect, the lifelong humanist Nye Bevan, and at how humanists help shape care for…

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#Fireworks Say this every year, no party pooper, but PLEASE think of others, it's never just one night, but a season of utter terror for our animal/bird friends, elderly, those with PTSD etc. If they must have these live explosives, then organised displays only, no public sale!

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