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- Founded: 1948
- 2007-08 budget: £104 billion
- NHS services are generally "free at the point of delivery"
- Separate organizations for England, Whales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
- All four NHS services operate collectively without general discrimination toward citizens from each others' areas
- Employees: 1.33 million
- The worlds 4th largest employer behind the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Indian Railways, and Wal-Mart
- 8% of U.K. residents use private healthcare
- England: Private health care is used only by a small percentage of the population, generally as a top-up to NHS services
- Managed by the United Kingdom Department of Health
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded health care system of the United Kingdom. The service provides primary care, in-patient care, long-term care, ophthamology and dentistry to U.K. residents.
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History
The National Health Service was a part of a series of social reforms in the aftermath of World War II. The Labour Party posited that large expenditures that provided so much employment during the war effort could be directed toward domestic services. In 1946 the National Health Service was established through the signing of the National Health Service Act 1946. -
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National Health Service on Amazon
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World War 2 Dental Health & Oral Hygiene Film by the Public Health Service (1941) - $7.99
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National Health Service: A Political History - $56.50
The foundation of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948 was a momentous development in the history of the United Kingdom. Webster's political history is an entirely new and or...Amazon
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National Health Service Questions
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How will the national health care work? Will HMO and PPOs be replaced by State Hospitals? 1 Answer---quote--- Five congressional committees are currently working on healthcare bills, and although there is consensus on some aspects of reform, lawmakers are d... read more -
What are some negative things about National Service? 1 AnswerThe most compelling point to me would be the willingness of people who were forced into military service. Certainly, those who were willing participants would m... read more -
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MRSA 'Super Bug'
- Daily Mail: "Hospitals get £50 to combat superbug threat" (2007)
National Health Service Timeline
- 1948: NHS created
- 1958: Polio and diphtheria vaccines made available
- 1977: First successful heart transplant
- 1979: Nurses strike over low pay in NHS
- 1982: Nurses strike over pay
- 1993: Conservative Government introduces Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
- 2000: Labour government introduce Private Public Partnership (PPP) - replacing PFI
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Indian doc rap London, Dec. 23|(PTI): An Indian doctor working in the National Health Service in London has been .. http://oohja.com/x3UIW
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NHIS providers dispense wrong drugs: Some service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS have be... http://bit.ly/6qgdAo
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For all you Americans that think the UK's national health service (NHS) is so great, I have to wait 9 months to see a specialist doctor.
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