National Health Service (England)
Publicly-funded healthcare system in England
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde. Primarily funded by the government from general taxation, and overseen by the Department of Health and Social Care, the NHS provides healthcare to all legal English residents and residents from other regions of the UK, with most services free at the point of use for most people. The NHS also conducts research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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![Health Secretary hits back at Farage following NHS criticism [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250328/1406485354-Health-Secretary-hits-back-at-Farage-following-NHS.jpg) Health Secretary hits back at Farage following NHS criticism Credit: ODN Duration: 00:56Published | |
![Health minister: NHS England staff were set up for failure [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250314/1405035528-Health-minister-NHS-England-staff-were-set-up.jpg) Health minister: NHS England staff were set up for failure Credit: ODN Duration: 01:00Published | |
![Jenrick: Abolishing NHS England must come with reforms [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250314/1405033678-Jenrick-Abolishing-NHS-England-must-come-with-reforms.jpg) Jenrick: Abolishing NHS England must come with reforms Credit: ODN Duration: 00:58Published | |
![Chancellor: We need to reform broken welfare system [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250314/1405030196-Chancellor-We-need-to-reform-broken-welfare-system.jpg) Chancellor: We need to reform broken welfare system Credit: ODN Duration: 00:29Published | |
![Kemi Badenoch praises government's defence spending boost [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250313/1404971348-Kemi-Badenoch-praises-government-defence-spending-boost.jpg) Kemi Badenoch praises government's defence spending boost Credit: ODN Duration: 00:44Published | |
![Ed Davey expresses support for NHS England abolishment [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250313/1404965238-Ed-Davey-expresses-support-for-NHS-England-abolishment.jpg) Ed Davey expresses support for NHS England abolishment Credit: ODN Duration: 00:21Published | |
![Conservatives react to NHS England abolishment [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250313/1404955212-Conservatives-react-to-NHS-England-abolishment.jpg) Conservatives react to NHS England abolishment Credit: ODN Duration: 00:50Published | |
![PM says he will abolish NHS England [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250313/1404941118-PM-says-he-will-abolish-NHS-England.jpg) PM says he will abolish NHS England Credit: ODN Duration: 00:39Published | |
![Govt vows action over Nottingham victims records breach [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250307/1404438948-Govt-vows-action-over-Nottingham-victims-records-breach.jpg) Govt vows action over Nottingham victims records breach Credit: ODN Duration: 00:33Published | |
![Streeting insists he didn't ask NHS boss to leave her job [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250225/1403489612-Streeting-insists-he-didn-ask-NHS-boss.jpg) Streeting insists he didn't ask NHS boss to leave her job Credit: ODN Duration: 00:49Published | |
![PM ‘really pleased’ to hit 2m NHS appointments target [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250217/1402417942-PM-really-pleased-to-hit-2m-NHS-appointments.jpg) PM ‘really pleased’ to hit 2m NHS appointments target Credit: ODN Duration: 00:46Published | |
![Government delivers 2m NHS appointments but ‘more to do’ [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250217/1402394014-Government-delivers-2m-NHS-appointments-but-more-to.jpg) Government delivers 2m NHS appointments but ‘more to do’ Credit: ODN Duration: 00:36Published | |
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