The exhibit celebrates the vital role charities have played throughout the NHS' history
A Northampton mum and her baby have starred with Jordan Henderson, Michael Palin and more in a new exhibition. Thenjiwe Imbayago, 32, from Northampton, gave birth to her son Gordon at the Barratt Birth Centre in 2022.
It is ahead of the NHS’ 75th anniversary on July 5 and the portraits were displayed at the Saatchi gallery in London from May 31 until June 11. Led by NHS Charities Together and internationally renowned photographer Rankin, the exhibition shows how charitable giving has helped make the NHS what it is today.
"NHS charities help the NHS in all sorts of ways you’d never think of, like the Barratt Maternity Home. It’s bought thousands of babies into the world and without charity it simply wouldn’t be here.” Self-made shoe manufacturer William Barratt and his wife Alice turned their devastation of being unable to have children into a lasting legacy for thousands of townsfolk when they funded the new maternity home for Northampton General Hospital in 1936.
The hospital has since welcomed thousands of babies into the world, including Thenjiwe’s one-year-old son Gordon, who also stars in the exhibition. Rankin, who has photographed the likes of the Queen, David Bowie, Madonna and Kate Moss, adds: “The thing I’ve learned from all these people is how much of a massive contribution NHS charities make to the national health service.
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