The Guardian view on the NHS at 75: pride mixed with disappointment | Editorial

Underfunding and a lack of planning have undermined the health service, but the public is still behind it The rhetoric and the reality of the UK’s National Health Service have rarely been further apart. On Wednesday the health secretary, Steve Barclay, will read prayers at a celebratory service at Westminster Abbey, while NHS England’s chief executive, Amanda Pritchard, will join a procession. Given the NHS’s status as a beloved national institution – the closest thing th