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

Abbreviation: NHS.��(in Britain) the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation

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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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Maurice said there are other priorities "like the state of our national health service."

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He called the failures in care "the National Health Service at its worst".

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"This was the National Health Service at its worst and needed calling out," Sir Rob said.

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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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