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I am romantic about the NHS. I love it. -- Donald Berwick
The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles. -- Frank Dobson
Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges. -- Margaret Thatcher
People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS' was just talk. -- Liam Fox
I care more about getting this right [NHS reform] than I do about getting it done. -- Nick Clegg
The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it -- Aneurin Bevan
One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. -- John Lydon
One of the virtues of the NHS... it doesn't worry you about money at the moment when you're least capable of doing anything about it. -- Clive James
I wouldnt be here today if it were not for the NHS, I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived. -- Stephen Hawking
I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity. -- David Hockney
If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you. -- Frank Bruno
The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong. -- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here. -- Alesha Dixon
There are few tribes more loathsome than the American Right, and their vicious use of the shortcomings in the NHS to attack Barack Obama's attempts at health reform are a useful reminder. -- Simon Hoggart
The National Health Service is safe with us. The principle of adequate healthcare should be provided for all regardless of ability to pay must be the function of any arrangements for financing the NHS. We stand by that. -- Margaret Thatcher
It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS. -- Lucy Powell
Safe care saves lives and saves money. Adverse events like high levels of infection, blood clots or falls in hospital, emergency readmissions and pressure sores cost the NHS billions of pounds every year. There is a serious human cost, too, with patients ending up injured, or even dead. Most are avoidable with the right care. -- Andrew Lansley
The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or (Labour Party leader) Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving NHS (National Health Service) ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain. -- David Cameron
Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It's a miracle, it is magic. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
I will take all the steps necessary to give the NHS at least another Â£100million per week by 2020. -- Michael Gove
You are more likely to be treated by a migrant in the NHS than you are to be behind them in the queue. -- Liz Kendall
Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job. -- Michael Gove
The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS. -- Ruth Rendell
The NHS should be proactively using substantial resources across government to intervene and try to deliver positive improvements in people's standards of living. -- Andrew Lansley
I'm not going to go mystery shopping in the NHS because we have a million people every day using it and rating its facilities. -- Andrew Lansley
Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service. -- Michael Gove
I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived. -- Stephen Hawking
There's a culture inside the NHS that is highly paternalistic. You know, 'We give them the service and they are grateful.' We have to move to shared decision-making. -- Andrew Lansley
The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong. -- Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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