This NHS birthday tribute is long overdue – The Yorkshire Post says

IT is ironic that the anniversary of the National Health Service’s inception invariably passes with little fanfare when its work has always been sointegral to the country’s health and wellbeing.
By YP Comment
Published 10th Jun 2020, 11:36 BST
NHS staff in a Clap For Carers celebration outside Leeds General Infirmary.NHS staff in a Clap For Carers celebration outside Leeds General Infirmary.
NHS staff in a Clap For Carers celebration outside Leeds General Infirmary.

This changed with the weekly Clap for Carers celebration – public involvement was heartfelt – and plans for a weekend of events to mark its 72nd birthday.

It will see a poignant minute’s silence on the night of July 4 to remember all Covid-19 victims before a countrywide clap of thanks the following day, the actual of ‘birthday’ of the NHS, in which participants will be encouraged to spend time with their neighbours.

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Part of the work of the Together initiative headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and backed by, amongst others, the Jo Cox Foundation, The Yorkshire Post and celebrities like Gary Lineker and Tim Peake, the hope is that this national show of unity forges new friendships and prove that the country is always at its best when it stands together like this.

Paramedics and ambulance personnel outside Leeds General Infirmary. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe.Paramedics and ambulance personnel outside Leeds General Infirmary. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Paramedics and ambulance personnel outside Leeds General Infirmary. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Editor’s note: first and foremost - and rarely have I written down these words with more sincerity - I hope this finds you well.

Almost certainly you are here because you value the quality and the integrity of the journalism produced by The Yorkshire Post’s journalists - almost all of which live alongside you in Yorkshire, spending the wages they earn with Yorkshire businesses - who last year took this title to the industry watchdog’s Most Trusted Newspaper in Britain accolade.

And that is why I must make an urgent request of you: as advertising revenue declines, your support becomes evermore crucial to the maintenance of the journalistic standards expected of The Yorkshire Post. If you can, safely, please buy a paper or take up a subscription. We want to continue to make you proud of Yorkshire’s National Newspaper but we are going to need your help.

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Sincerely. Thank you.

James Mitchinson

Editor

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