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1948-2008 60 years of the NHS

Thalidomide children. Credit: SCRAN

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The latest news about the 60th Anniversary of the NHS can be found in this section.

NHS Boards are arranging a number of events to celebrate the 60th Anniversary and people across Scotland including NHS staff, patients, health care partners and the public are encouraged to attend these events and join in the celebrations.

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6 May 2008

Launch of 60th Celebrations

The 60th Anniversary celebrations were launched at a vintage ambulance display in George Square, Glasgow, where Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon met NHS staff from the 1940s, as well as patients including one of the longest living transplant recipients in Scotland.

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