NHS

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NHS can stand for National Health Service, the "public face" given to the three publicly funded health care systems of Great Britain. National Health Service is also the full title of the national public health service for England.

[edit] Healthcare

NHS might be:

• One of the four administratively-separate national health services in the United Kingdom, or their perceived united public presentation.
  • National Health Service (England).
  • NHS Scotland.
  • NHS Wales.
  • Health and Care NI the health service for Northern Ireland (which does not use the names "NHS" or "National Health Service").
• National Health System, a descriptive name (also used semi-officially) for public health systems in South Africa
• Newborn Hearing Screening, the practice of testing the hearing of new-born children either by itself or as part of general newborn screening.
• Niagara Health System, a 7-hospital amalgamation in Niagara Region, Ontario

[edit] Other meanings

• National Highway System (United States)
• N-hydroxysuccinimide, a reagent used in organic synthesis
• National Honor Society, United States
• Independent Trade Unions of Croatia, or Nezavisni Hrvatski Sindikati (NHS)
• Newport Historical Society, an American historical organization
• Ninja High School, an American comic book
• National Historic Site in the United States or in Canada.