NHS

American

abbreviation

British. National Health Service.
National Highway System.
National Honor Society: a group that high school juniors and seniors are invited to join in recognition of their academic achievement, leadership, service, and character.

NHS British

abbreviation

National Health Service

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Example Sentences

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"Joining up that information is what we are doing for the NHS."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The party says local authorities and NHS boards would have a duty to identify where extra GP provision is needed to support residents living in new housing developments.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Last week Labour MP Emily Darlington told the BBC that having a "foreign tech company" involved with patient data in the NHS was "a major security risk".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

NHS healthcare assistant Rebecca Ableman, 30, was walking with her two-year-old daughter Autumn on a pavement by the B1050 in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, when she was hit from behind on 22 September 2022.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The tools in NHS wanted her to run the show, but you weren’t allowed to be the leader of more than two things, and she was already tennis captain and junior class president.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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