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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

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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. 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.

2. World War II.Theresa May:

   This issue has come to light because of measures that we introduced recently to make sure that only those with a legal right to live here can access things like the NHS, and this has resulted in some people who -- through no fault of their own -- has resulted in some people now needing to be able to evidence their immigration status.

3. The Queen:

   I want to thank everyone on the NHS frontline, as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles who selflessly continue their day-to-day duties outside the homein support of us all, im sure the nation will join me in ensuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times.

4. Sharlene Miller:

   Sharlene Miller, Sharlene Miller, told the BBC. Millerdeveloped pneumonia and his condition grew worse.His kidneys also began to fail and he developed blood clots. In the week between Normas funeral and her partners funeral, each day Scott seemed to deteriorate and they were running out of options. We were at the point where we were maybe going to have to make a decision about turning off his life support, Sharlene Miller said, per the BBC. The same staff that helped Sharlene Miller also were with his mother during her last days. MAINE HOSPITAL SEES CORONAVIRUS RESURGENCE AFTER VISITORS LEARN OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS WHILE ON TRIP The staff in the hospital were absolutely amazing, two or three of the nurses who treated me were with my mum when she passed away. Every part of the NHS was amazing. Sharlene Miller warns people to be vigilant against the virus and not becomplacent.

5. Boris Johnson:

   I know it is tough and I want to get this economy moving as fast as I can but I refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the British people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the 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