NHS
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British. National Health Service.
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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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Example Sentences
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The Nottingham trust is currently at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS - looking at care provided to about 2,500 families between 2012 and 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Since 2022, Anthony May has been leading Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust through the review, as well as trying to build bridges with families and work with an ongoing police investigation.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
She added that the association had calculated the minimum price for homecare for 2026-27 at £34.42 per hour, but on average councils and the NHS paid about £24 per hour for these services.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The Department of Health and Social Care has published projections suggesting that 20,000 fewer patients a year will have to go to A&E thanks to the single patient record and other reforms to NHS treatment.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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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