National Health Service

[ nash-uh-nl helth sur-vis, nash-nuhl ]

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noun

Great Britain’s publicly funded network of healthcare systems: often used in the United Kingdom as an umbrella term that also includes the Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland. : NHS

noun

(in Britain) the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation AbbreviationNHS

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Word History and Origins

Origin of National Health Service¹

First recorded in 1880–85 as a recommendation; established in 1946

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Example Sentences

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It was hoped this set up would combine the best parts of the UK's National Health Service and the best of the United States' system.

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"It said that as of 1 July, the dental practice we're with is no longer offering that National Health Service and we're being given the option if we want to stay with them, to either obtain a dental plan or to just register as a normal private patient," he explained.

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The government has announced NHS England will be abolished to "cut bureaucracy" and reform how the National Health Service is run.

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The National Health Service says a healthy range is between 18.5 and 24.9.

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"I think I've got a hard enough job trying to turn around the National Health Service and social care. She's got to worry about that, she's got to worry about every other public service that's creaking at the seams."

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