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National Health Service

American  
[nash-uh-nl helth sur-vis, nash-nuhl] / ˈnæʃ ə nl ˈhɛlθ ˌsɜr vɪs, ˈnæʃ nəl /

noun

  1. 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


National Health Service British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of National Health Service

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

Example Sentences

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"We have an excellent national health service, which has been able to handle and almost always resolve complex situations. So, I believe citizens should not lose faith."

From BBC

Late Thursday, Grail said a trial evaluating annual multicancer screening with its Galleri test in England’s National Health Service over three years failed to meet its primary endpoint of statistically significant reduction in Stage III to Stage IV cancers.

From MarketWatch

"But we are even more delighted that she has recognised what really matters to us: the competence, professionalism, and profound value of emergency care and our National Health Service," he said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's

The three-year trial evaluated more than 142,000 patients between the ages of 50 and 77 within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service.

From Barron's

"We have an excellent national health service which has been able to handle and almost always resolve complex situations. So, I believe citizens should not lose faith."

From BBC