the National Health Service

noun

: the public system of medical care in Britain that is paid for by taxes

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Recent Examples on the Web With the creation of the National Health Service in the late 1940s, medical romances were also a hot subgenre, and the doctors and nurses in those stories were reflected on the covers of their books. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024 London offered the Queen and James Bond, and also a tribute to the National Health Service. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 July 2024 In 2010, the new coalition government of Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to protect the National Health Service from austerity. Swati Dhingra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016 In 2017, the National Health Service in England (NHS England) recommended that healthcare providers do not prescribe homeopathy.8 The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) does not recommend it either. Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for the National Health Service 

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“The National Health Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20National%20Health%20Service. Accessed 23 Aug. 2024.

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