National Health Service
UK's public medicine
The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom, providing medical treatment to residents largely free at the point of use.
Commonly called the NHS, it was established in 1948 and remains central to British life and politics: The NHS is under enormous strain.
Americans sometimes invoke the NHS in debates about universal healthcare.
Medical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- GPInitials for primary physician
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
consultant · surgeon · midwife · paramedic · ambulance · A&E · ward · outpatient
UK state healthcare
- 1948Mid-twentieth century year
- NICENHS cost-effectiveness assessor
- waiting listsRosters of pending applicants
- postcode lotteryUnequal provision by area
Paid for by government
- ring-fencedFunds protected from reallocation
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- privatisationTransfer from state ownership
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
procurement · austerity · cost-cutting · resource allocation
Insurance for entire population
- accessibleAble to be reached
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- equitableJust and unbiased
- inclusiveCovering all members
non-discriminatory · cradle to grave · entitlement · means-tested · exemptions · eligibility · catchment area · walk-in centre
Public financial protection programs
- safety netProtection against failure
- public goodNon-excludable shared benefit
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- shared responsibilityDuty divided among parties
social contract · nationalisation · public ownership · founding principles
hospital
Medical treatment facility
nurse · consultant · surgeon · midwife · paramedic · ambulance · A&E · ward · outpatient · inpatient
NHS
UK state healthcare
- 1948Mid-twentieth century year
- NICENHS cost-effectiveness assessor
- waiting listsRosters of pending applicants
state-funded
Paid for by government
- ring-fencedFunds protected from reallocation
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- privatisationTransfer from state ownership
outsourcing · procurement · austerity · cost-cutting · resource allocation
universal coverage
Insurance for entire population
- accessibleAble to be reached
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- equitableJust and unbiased
inclusive · non-discriminatory · cradle to grave · entitlement · means-tested · exemptions · eligibility · catchment area · walk-in centre
social security
Public financial protection programs
- safety netProtection against failure
- public goodNon-excludable shared benefit
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
shared responsibility · social contract · nationalisation · public ownership · founding principles
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, rationing, ration books, nationalisation
- welfare statewelfare spending, social welfare, social safety net, safety net, public benefits
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- state controlstate monopoly, state intervention, state capitalism, state control, state banks
- welfare historypoor laws, poorhouse, poorhouses, workhouse, workhouses
national, health, service, nation, nations, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationality