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From the cradle to the grave

The NHS was launched with the promise of offering care from birth until death. Six decades on Paul Dalgarno talks to some of the people giving and receiving care at both ends of the spectrum.

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HERE in the place where my life started, death seems impossible. On the walls of Aberdeen's Forresterhill Hospital maternity ward, posters offer advice on breastfeeding. Mothers with bumps lie in beds or sit in wheelchairs, waiting to push babies into the world.