Glossary Term

NHS

National Health Service (NHS) is the UK's publicly funded healthcare system providing free-at-point-of-use services to all residents, funded through general taxation since its founding in 1948.

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Related terms
NICE DoH HSE
Further reading
NHS Official Website Wikipedia: National Health Service (England) Browse the HEOR resource database

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