NHS

American  

abbreviation

1. British. National Health Service.

2. National Highway System.

3. 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.

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NHS British  

abbreviation

1. National Health Service

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Example Sentences

In her consulting room, Dr Yvonne Girgis-Hanna is at work as a GP, but not for the NHS.

From BBC

"I could not work as a full‑time NHS GP," she says.

From BBC

"The days I do in the NHS, the next day I'm totally wiped out... You might have 30 face‑to‑face contacts, then extra telephone calls and paperwork. You just don't have time to even go to the toilet."

From BBC

Independent consulting doctors are individual clinicians who provide medical care privately, outside the NHS, either in person or online.

From BBC

Both the CQC and NHS England say there is no category that isolates private GP registrations.

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