Heroes of the NHS

THE selfless devotion shown every day by medical staff at all levels of the NHS is truly humbling. Now, their dedication and professionalism – too often taken for granted – has been recognised by the Daily Mail’s Health Heroes award 2017, presented at Downing Street by the Prime Minister (see page 38).

The finalists ranged from a GP with an astonishing 2,600 patients to a trauma surgeon who helped victims of the Westminster Bridge terror attack. But the winner of the main prize of a £5,000, all expenses paid holiday was paediatric endocrinologist Professor Peter Hindmarsh – described as ‘modest but brilliant’.

This extraordinary man symbolises the amazing work done on our behalf in hospitals, clinics and GP surgeries across the country on a daily basis. As Mrs May said: ‘[These] are the people who make us so proud of the NHS and who remind us why, over the past 70 years, it has become one of our most loved institutions.’ We couldn’t have put it better ourselves. THE Met Office may soon be able to predict the British weather two months ahead by studying a single patch of the Atlantic off Newfoundland. This is excellent news for those planning a wedding or garden party but also has some unfortunate implications for forecasters. If we know what the weather’s going to be like so far in advance, will we need so many of them?