A collective term for the four separate, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland. Launched by Health Minister Aneurin Bevan on 5 July 1948, it was founded on the principle that it should meet everyone's needs, be free at the point of delivery, and be based on clinical need rather than ability to pay. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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UK public health behaviour-change campaign delivered through the NHS
NHS-run cardiovascular risk-assessment program
A widely cited real-world example of universal health coverage funded through general taxation and free at the point of delivery.
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Aneurin Bevan, UK Minister of Health, championed and launched the National Health Service on 5 July 1948, the standard historical framing of him as the NHS's founder.
Source The National Archives: The Foundation of the NHS
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, which were created separately, and are often referred to collectively or individually as "the NHS".
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom
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At its launch by Bevan on 5 July 1948
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, which were created separately, and are often referred to collectively or individually as "the NHS".
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- Associated With: Universal Health Coverage
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The National Archives (UK)Founded By: Aneurin Bevan, Opening paragraphQuote, Founded By: Aneurin Bevan, Opening paragraph
On 5 July 1948, just three years after a ruinous total war, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) opened.
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