While many celebrated the launch of the new National Health Service, with flags, village dances and even a carnival, one official launched the service with a somewhat sombre tone. John Edwards, ...

The records show the first baby born under the NHS in the Pontypridd area was on 6 July, 1948, a day after the service was created Former midwife Claire Cutlan dusts off a large, blue, hardbound book ...

Nothing is more gut-wrenching than watching a close friend dying in front of you. And I mean beyond close: a friend who brought you into the world, helped raise you, and was there whenever you were ...

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