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NHS Quotes

Voices on a national institution and its debates.

These NHS quotes capture how central the National Health Service is to English identity, with one speaker calling it the closest thing the English have to a religion. Others touch on the Ability to fund and reform the service under real political pressure.

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.

Quotes by Simon Hoggart

The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

You can do a lot worse than spend an hour a week singing. We should prescribe choirs on the NHS for anxiety and stress.

Quotes by Mel Giedroyc

I've been making the NHS's case that we need significant and sustainable funding increases to meet the demographic challenges we face, and the prime minister completely appreciates that.

Quotes by Jeremy Hunt

Abandonment Quotes

I think saving the NHS is a lifetime's work.

Quotes by Jeremy Hunt

I get involved in lots of Twitter spats with lots of people when I think they're not being fair about the progress the NHS is making.

Quotes by Jeremy Hunt

When I have been speaking to people in Braintree and at other places in the country they really didn't buy into Labour's economic offer, didn't buy into scare stories about the NHS and clearly didn't trust Jeremy Corbyn.

Quotes by James Cleverly

I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS.

Quotes by Gordon Brown

When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS.

Quotes by Gordon Brown

Ability Quotes

From teaching, the NHS and social care, to cleaning and building, the U.K. economy depends heavily on E.U. workers. Under a Canada-style deal for the U.K./E.U., the ability for E.U. workers to live and work freely in the U.K. would...

Quotes by Gina Miller

The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles.

Quotes by Frank Dobson

I'm from a salt-of-the-earth, working-class, northern background. My dad's a steelworker and a firefighter, and my mum is a secretary for the NHS.

Quotes by Faye Marsay

From the immediate abandonment of the promise of an extra £350m for the NHS, the history of Brexit is already littered with discarded and unfulfillable promises.

Quotes by Dominic Grieve

About four or five weeks after it was publicly announced I was no longer breastfeeding, I got a letter from the NHS saying they were being supportive of me, but basically, they were very disappointed I'd stopped.

Quotes by Denise Van Outen

Announced Quotes

When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory...

Quotes by Chuka Umunna

Immigration has tremendously changed the fabric of this country. Immigration is what built our NHS, when Britain invited people from the Commonwealth, from nations it had formerly colonized, in order to rebuild this country after the ravages of the Second...

Quotes by Ash Sarkar

In the first speech I delivered as health secretary, I made one thing perfectly clear: we need a cultural shift in the NHS: from a culture responsive mainly to orders from the top down to one responsive to patients, in...

Quotes by Andrew Lansley

Not reforming the NHS would have been a much easier decision for me as secretary of state to have taken. We could have just protected the NHS from cuts, put in an extra £12.5bn and left it there. But sooner...

Quotes by Andrew Lansley

Our interaction as patients with the NHS should be on the basis that there's a presumption that all information is shared with us.

Quotes by Andrew Lansley

Background Quotes

The NHS is a national organisation, but it is best delivered locally.

Quotes by Andrew Lansley

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these NHS quotes cover?
The page brings together quotes about Britain's National Health Service, ranging from its cultural significance in England to debates about reform, funding and how it is discussed in politics.
Why do people search for NHS quotes?
People search for NHS quotes to find commentary that captures the service's place in public life, whether they are writing about healthcare policy or reflecting on its role in everyday British life.
Is there a quote about the NHS and mental health?
Yes, one quote suggests that something as simple as an hour of weekly singing could be prescribed on the NHS to help with anxiety and stress, pointing to non-medical support ideas.
Do any quotes touch on NHS-related political debate?
Yes, a couple of the quotes reference how the NHS becomes part of wider political arguments, including criticism of how its shortcomings get used to attack health reform efforts.
What other pages pair well with NHS quotes?
For related themes, this page links to Ability quotes, which explores capability and capacity from a different angle.

The set also includes a suggestion that the NHS could prescribe choir singing for anxiety and stress, alongside more pointed commentary on how the health service gets used in political arguments. See Background quotes for more context-driven sayings.