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1. NHS

   The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the "NHS" name (NHS England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales). Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". The four systems were established in 1948 as part of major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care. In England, NHS patients have to pay prescription charges; some, such as those aged over 60 and certain state benefit recipients, are exempt.Taken together, the four National Health Services in 2015–16 employed around 1.6 million people with a combined budget of £136.7 billion. In 2014, the total health sector workforce across the United Kingdom was 2,165,043. This broke down into 1,789,586 in England, 198,368 in Scotland, 110,292 in Wales and 66,797 in Northern Ireland. In 2017, there were 691,000 nurses registered in the United Kingdom, down 1,783 from the previous year. However, this is the first time nursing numbers have fallen since 2008. Every 24 hours it sees one million patients, and with 1.7 million staff it is the fifth biggest employer in the world, as well as the largest non-military public organisation in the world.When purchasing drugs, the four healthcare services have significant market power that, based on their own assessment of the fair value of the drugs, influences the global price, typically keeping prices lower. A small number of products are procured jointly by two or more UK healthcare services. Several other countries either copy the United Kingdom’s model or directly rely on Britain’s assessments for their own decisions on state-financed drug reimbursements.

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1. NHS

   Nance-Horan syndrome protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NHS gene. This gene encodes a protein containing four conserved nuclear localization signals. The encoded protein may function during the development of the eyes, teeth, and brain. Mutations in this gene have been shown to cause Nance-Horan syndrome. An alternative splice variant has been described, but its full-length nature has not been determined.

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1. NHS

   What does NHS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NHS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NHS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3735

Anagrams for NHS »

1. HSN

How to pronounce NHS?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of NHS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of NHS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of NHS in a Sentence

1. Yvonne Doyle:

   (The number of new cases) is slightly concerning, it's still too early to say whether the plateau of hospital admissions have ended, the threat is everywhere. We need to protect the NHS (National Health Service) everywhere, and the Midlands now is obviously a concern as well.

2. Amirah Gajia:

   I was thinking about what I'm going to do next, i knew I wanted to maybe do some baking experiments at home, but I also knew that just yesterday they're calling for volunteers for the NHS. So I thought 'that's a great thing that I could do with my time.'.

3. James Gill:

   So far we have seen a deterioration in line with other cases of COVID-19 infections, admission to ITU is worrying news, (but) this is not altogether uncommon with this disease, and may be looked at from a positive that the PM is getting the very best care that the NHS (Britain's state-run National Health Service) has to offer.

4. Meher Nawab:

   Through Best Western we have an excess of 5,000 hotel rooms available. A number of other( hotel) brands have approached us and we could within weeks get 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 hotel rooms opened to assist the NHS.

5. Ed Miliband:

   This is nothing less than a once in a generation fight about who our country works for, it is a choice between a Tory plan where only a few at the top can succeed and our public services are threatened. Or a Labour plan that puts working people first, deals with the deficit and protects our NHS.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhs
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=NHS