NHS: Ensuring Public Health and Wellness in the UK

The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom, providing a wide range of healthcare services.
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Prepared by Lee Cheng, reviewed by Dr. Helena Rodriguez

NHS FAQ

What is the NHS & how does it work?

NHS is born, providing healthcare services that are free for all at the point of delivery Ministries of Health and Labour, with the Colonial Office, the General Nursing Council and the Royal College of Nursing begin a massive recruitment drive throughout the West Indies to recruit staff to the NHS

What is th e NHS?

The NHS stands for the National Health Service. It refers to the Government-funded medical and health care services that everyone living in the UK can use without being asked to pay the full cost of the service. These services include:

Why was the NHS created?

One reason for creating the NHS was to provide health services to everyone in the UK, and “nobody need any longer pay doctors’ or hospital bills when they were sick”, aiming to make medical care available whether you were rich or poor. Was this helpful?

Does the NHS provide free health care services?

Each NHS organisation and the HSC provide health care services free at the point of delivery. But there are slight differences in what is fully funded by government and what services are available across the different UK countries.

NHS References

If you want to know more about NHS, consider exploring links below:

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