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  2. National Health Service - Wikipedia

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    Everyone living in the UK can use the NHS without being asked to pay the full cost of the service, though NHS dentistry and optometry have standard charges in each of the four national health services in the UK. [34] Most patients in England have to pay charges for prescriptions though some patients are exempted. [5]

  3. National Health Service (England) - Wikipedia

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    The NHS was established within the differing nations of the United Kingdom through differing legislation, and as such there has never been a singular British healthcare system, instead there are 4 health services in the United Kingdom; NHS England, the NHS Scotland, HSC Northern Ireland and NHS Wales, which were run by the respective UK government ministries for each home nation before falling ...

  4. Healthcare in England - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Department is always attached to an NHS general hospital. Private hospitals do not provide emergency care services. The NHS also provides end of life palliative care in the form of Palliative Care Specialist Nurses. The NHS can also commission the expertise of organisations in the voluntary sector to complement palliative care.

  5. Britons desperate to see GPs now believe access to NHS ... - AOL

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    Respondents were less likely to choose the NHS providing its services free of charge as a priority (41 per cent) compared to improving access for GPs (61 per cent) or treatment for life ...

  6. Healthcare in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Even when services exist for those who can pay or are insured, the cover of private medical insurance in the UK is often limited to planned procedures. As a result, many insured patients will still go to an NHS General Practitioner, obtain NHS prescriptions, and use an NHS emergency department. [22]

  7. Any Qualified Provider - Wikipedia

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    Any Qualified Provider (AQP) is a contractual system within the NHS internal market of the English National Health Service.The system was introduced under the Labour administration in 2009/10 under the name "Any Willing Provider" and was accelerated under the coalition Government which formed in 2010.

  8. History of the National Health Service - Wikipedia

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    The third main film used to advertise the launch of the NHS was a much briefer, information short, centred on the use of voice-over and a combination of still and moving images to encourage members of the public to register with an NHS GP before the National Health Service Act came into force on 5 July 1948.

  9. NHS’s top A&E doctor urges people to use 111 services ... - AOL

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    Professor Julian Redhead, NHS national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, reiterated long-standing NHS advice for people to use 999 or A&E services for life-threatening emergencies ...