National Health Service

NHS. Officially started 5 July 1948 and is part of the Welfare State implemented after the Second World War. The aim of the NHS is “providing a comprehensive range of health services to all in need” (Ham, 5) - from "Cradle to Grave", as the slogan has it, financed by taxes.

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