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).
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which with 1237 beds is one of the largest NHS hospitals
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, another large NHS hospital in England, which has 1213 beds
Aneurin Bevan. As health minister from 1945 to 1951, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service
Leaflet concerning the launch of the NHS in England and Wales
NHS Scotland
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NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, supported by seven special non-geographic health boards, and Public Health Scotland.
NHS Scotland staff displaying the new uniforms introduced in 2008
Advertising pamphlet issued prior to the national rollout of the NHS in Scotland, 1948
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service vehicle in Glasgow
University Hospital Crosshouse is the largest NHS hospital within Ayrshire and Arran.