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. (in Britain) the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation AbbreviationNHS

Word History and Origins

Origin of National Health Service¹

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

Example Sentences

It comes after the government announced an extra £22.6bn for the National Health Service in England in the Budget last week.

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They are the source of wild gossip about Hollywood stars, and now the UK's National Health Service is going to pay for them.

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Another challenge for the Scottish government as it weighs up where to allocate resources – perhaps the greatest challenge of all – is the state of the National Health Service.

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In the UK, the National Health Service offers five doses from the ages of eight weeks to 14 years as part of routine childhood jabs.

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They are the source of wild gossip about Hollywood stars, and now the UK's National Health Service is going to pay for them.

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