The joint BMJ-King’s Fund debate to mark the NHS’s 60th anniversary was held on 25 June 2008 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the motion - “The founding principles of the NHS (services funded only by taxation and available to all regardless of ability to pay) are no longer relevant in 21st century Britain” - was defeated, with 65% of the audience voting against the motion. A similar poll on bmj.com had 700 votes, with 70% agreeing that the founding principles are still relevant today. The debate was chaired by broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys, the motion proposed by Luke Johnson and Karol Sikora and opposed by Paul Corrigan and Polly Toynbee.