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The National Health Service is the name for the publicly-funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have a separate national public healthcare system. Full Article
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold pacards in front of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England. The photo-call is intended as a message of support to US citizens, where President Barack Obama is trying to introduce health reform.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: A upporter of the NHS holds a placard in front of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England. The photo-call is intended as a message of support to US citizens, where President Barack Obama is trying to introduce health reform.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: A supporter for the NHS holds a placard in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »A banner reading 'Go for it America our National Health Service is a blessing for all' is held by supporters of Britain's National Health Service in front of the statue of Dwight Eisenhower in a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
View Photo »Supporters of Britain's National Health Service hold a banner in support of the U.S. health plan in a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
View Photo »A supporter of Britain's National Health Service hold a banner in support of the U.S. health plan in a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
View Photo »Supporters of Britain's National Health Service hold a banner reading 'Go for it America our National Health Service is a blessing for all' in a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
View Photo »Supporters of Britain's National Health Service hold a banner reading 'Go for it America our National Health Service is a blessing for all' in a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
View Photo »Ambulances belonging to the National Health Service wait outside one of London's major Hospitals St Thomas', which is on the opposite bank of the River Thames to the Palace of Westminster home of Britain's lawmakers, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.
View Photo »Ambulances belonging to the National Health Service, seen, outside one of London's major hospitals St Mary's, in Paddington, London, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Britons love to mock their creaky National Health Service but they don't want anyone else poking fun at it.
View Photo »A sign outside one of London's major National Health Service hospitals, St Mary's in Paddington, is seen in London,Friday, Aug.14, 2009.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits a National Health Service (NHS) center in central London, Friday July 24, 2009. Brown's Labour Party suffered another embarrassing by-election defeat Friday in the first poll triggered by a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits a National Health Service (NHS) center in central London, Friday July 24, 2009. Brown's Labour Party suffered another embarrassing by-election defeat Friday in the first poll triggered by a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with London National Health Service officials in London, Friday July 24, 2009.
View Photo »British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with London National Health Service officials in London, Friday July 24, 2009.
View Photo »A young girl walks into a National Health Service, NHS, walk-in health center in west London, Tuesday July 21, 2009 with a sign on the door requesting that people with flu symptoms stay away.
View Photo »A man walks into a NHS (National Health Service) walk-in health center in west London, Tuesday July 21, 2009, displaying with a sign that tells people with flu symptoms to stay away.
View Photo »A woman pushes a child's buggy into a National Health Service, NHS, walk-in health center in west London, Tuesday July 21, 2009 with a sign on the door requesting that people with flu symptoms stay away.
View Photo »A woman walks out of a NHS (National Health Service) walk-in health center in west London, Tuesday July 21, 2009, displaying with a sign that tells people with flu symptoms to stay away.
View Photo »LONDON - JULY 20: Health Secretary, Andy Burnham and NHS Tower Hamlets' Medical Director Douglas Russell (L) rub disinfectant gel onto their hands during a visit to an anti-viral clinic in Tower Hamlets on July 20, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »LONDON - JULY 20: Health Secretary, Andy Burnham meets NHS Tower Hamlets' Medical Director Douglas Russell (L) during a visit to an anti-viral clinic in Tower Hamlets on July 20, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »LONDON - MAY 01: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits a National Health Service call centre on May 1, 2009 in South London. Health authorities in the United Kingdom have confirmed eight swine flu cases today.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England.
View Photo »I can't be alone in finding the situation you describe an uncomfortable situation - I would have thought it would have been for NHS staff who were on the receiving end of such a request.
This is a perfect illustration of the corrupting influence of big money in politics ... This move will undermine the efforts to improve efficiency and productivity in the NHS.
The purpose of the NHS is to improve the health and well-being of the general public ... We cannot be serious about this if we are not committed to improving the health of those that care for our population.
For us, the experience of the NHS in Buckinghamshire has been almost like watching permanent revolution in China.
We looked at sorafenib in just the same way, but the price being asked by Bayer is simply too high to justify using NHS money which could be spent on better value cancer treatments
Susan Eddie is a highly-respected nurse who was promoted into management on the basis of her exceptional abilities. It would be a loss to patient care and campaigning on behalf of patients were she not to work in the NHS.
The drop in hand washing compliance at NHS Grampian is all the more unacceptable given the current swine flu pandemic and raised profile of hand hygiene
Long and short-term diabetes complications are estimated to cost the NHS around £55,000 an hour in Wales and can have a devastating effect on people’s quality of life. It is vital all of the 4,333 people diagnosed with diabetes in Blaenau Gwent are armed with the knowledge and confidence to manage their...
It's not a 'demolition job'. It's a very, very small part of the National Health Service budget of £120 billion.
Surely the BBC should be doing all it can to promote the good work and professionalism of the NHS? The NHS is, after all, the largest employer in Britain.
Surely the BBC should be doing all it can to promote the good work and professionalism of the NHS? The NHS is, after all, the largest employer in Britain.
We are aware that NHS London has concerns and we will cooperate fully with the investigation.
Panic-induced stockpiling by individuals who aren't officially classified as being at risk of contracting swine flu, and therefore anxious they won't receive Tamiflu from the NHS, will not only line cybercriminals' pockets with millions of pounds in cash but also grant them access to sensitive personal ...
Getting hold of health records for London's highly mobile population often presents real challenges to doctors and nurses when patients need out-of-hours and emergency care. The Summary Care Record has demonstrated clear benefits elsewhere in the country and NHS London is keen to bring these to the capi...
So far, (Health Secretary) Nicola Sturgeon has failed to get to grips with this problem. She promised that all of the NHS in Scotland would learn lessons after the outbreak at the Vale of Leven, but almost two years on, we still see people dying needlessly from C. difficile.
It is estimated that the cost of obesity to the NHS in England in 2007 was £4.2bn and could rise to £6.3bn in 2015. I fear this kind of spending cannot be sustained and could go on to cripple the NHS.
Ensuring patients always get the best possible care is the top priority for the NHS in Scotland and targets are a valuable way to make sure this happens.
Thousands of responsible young people hit the freetest.me website every week looking to request a free test for Chlamydia, yet with only 30 of England’s PCTs using the service we’ve already had to turn away over 80,000 visitors to other less effective testing services which cost the NHS around twice as ...
I can assure the families of those that have been so tragically affected that any follow-up action needing to be taken will be acted upon swiftly by NHS Tayside, by the government
I am advised by NHS Tayside that they kept patients and their relatives fully informed. Initial action has, rightly, focused on dealing quickly and effectively with the outbreak.
Many people will be surprised that the NHS needs a compulsory target for a test that can prevent future infertility
I think it’s fair to say that before 2008-09 this was not a priority for PCTs and so in the way of NHS funding ... the allocations of money were not directed at chlamydia testing because PCTs thought there were other priorities.
It is the latest in a series of unaffordable pledges that have more to do with electioneering than improving the NHS.
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