Some of Britain's top illustrators have drawn artworks to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the NHSPhotograph: PRThe NHS was launched by Aneurin Bevan in 1948, and was created two years earlier by the National Health Services Act 1946Photograph: PRChildren's laureate Michael Rosen has also written a new poem to pay tribute to the NHSPhotograph: PR
Michael Rosen's poem, 'These are the hands', has also been made into a short fim starring Michael Parkinson, Harry Hill, Jacqueline Wilson and the poet himselfPhotograph: PRMichael Rosen said: "When I came to write this poem, I wanted to express the idea that [the NHS] serves us cradle to the grave, but I also wanted to celebrate everybody in the service. There are many different kinds of essential work going on every minute of the day and I wanted to show that."Photograph: PR
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