Conservatives peer Lord Mackay of Clashfern said the "plain, clear, concise words" of the original Act that established the Health Service in 1946 should not be interfered with.

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The Post obituary page, when not chronicling the passage of the once-powerful and politically connected, headlined each obit with a concise job title.

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