the National Health Service

noun

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

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In a medical system like that of the National Health Service, the introduction of suicide as a treatment means that the queues for lifesaving surgeries or expensive treatments will no longer be a lottery for services but something more like a Hobbesian battle for survival. The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024 This month, Lord Ara Darzi presented the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with a devastating report on the state of the National Health Service. Sally Pipes, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 If the drug offers too little value, NICE won’t recommend it to the National Health Service. Grace Browne, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2022 After World War II, the United Kingdom sought to extend medical security to all its citizens, creating the National Health Service; many other European governments followed suit. Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for the National Health Service 

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