The NHS - our National Health Service - is an institution which has touched the lives of every single person in Britain, in one way or another.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023, marked 75 years since the NHS was created.
And today, hundreds of Sheffielders created a blue wave at city parkrun events today (Saturday, July 8, 2023) as NHS staff, volunteers and local communities combined to celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS.
Backed by the likes of tennis star Sir Andy Murray, parkruns across the country took part in ‘parkrun for the NHS’ today to celebrate the momentous landmark for the service.
Runners, joggers and walkers from the city’s three NHS Trusts, Sheffield Health and Social Care, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s, joined together dressed in blue clothing, scrubs and other work uniforms to contribute to the blue wave.
Liz Wainwright, occupational therapist at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, who took part in the Endcliffe parkrun said: “It was amazing to have so many people turning up, wearing blue to celebrate this moment. It’s such an honour to see people come together like this and to be here with my son, for him to celebrate the NHS along with us all. It makes me incredibly proud to work for the NHS.”
Anyone could get involved with people invited to walk, jog or run 5K at their local parkrun to celebrate this major milestone in the NHS’s history and acknowledge all the staff and volunteers, past and present, who have made the NHS what it is.
For more information about parkrun, visit www.parkrun.org.uk
1. Blue wave to mark 75 years of the NHS
Some of the runners creating a blue wave at Sheffield parkrun events to mark 75 years of the NHS
3. Landmark birthday
NHS staff, volunteers and local communities combined to celebrate the landmark 75th birthday of the NHS
