WITH the NHS reaching 70-years-old next week, we at the Oxford Mail want to celebrate the fantastic doctors, nurses, therapists, researchers and others who have helped provide vital care to patients across the county.

To mark the NHS milestone, next Thursday’s Oxford Mail will include a special celebratory supplement featuring:

  • A look back at the history of the NHS in Oxfordshire.
  • Interviews with local front-line staff, past and present, who have helped the NHS become the institution it is today.
  • Patients and their families tell how the health service has helped them during the most difficult times of their lives.
  • Oxford’s role in the medical breakthroughs that have revolutionised NHS treatments and where the scientists are hoping to make the advancements.