National Health Service

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

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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of National Health Service¹

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

Example Sentences

National Health Service doctors spew antisemitic filth on hospital forums and some of them keep their jobs.

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But there will be results next year from just such a study now under way by Britain’s National Health Service.

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When the 45-year-old isn't working with the National Health Service supporting people with diabetes, or studying for his postgraduate degree, you'll likely find him lifting weights at his local gym in Coventry.

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"That is inequitable and unjust and not compatible with the National Health Service," says Dr Nicky Thorp, a practising cancer doctor and vice president for clinical oncology at the RCR.

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

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