There is also a beauty in simplicity, and even in the dry parliamentary language of a bill that in its first few paragraphs sets up the first ever universal and comprehensive tax-funded healthcare system, free to all at point of use. This is more poignant in light of the current debate ...
Chapter 1 – The National Health Servicedoi:10.1002/9780470690642.ch1National Health Servicemanagement structurepharmacistsEnglandThe National Health Service (NHS) came into existence in the United Kingdom following the introduction of the National Health Service Act in 1946 that covered the funding ...
Summary This chapter contains section titled: The National Insurance Act 1911 The National Health Service statutes The National Health Service Act 1977 Health and Social Care Act 2001 The interests of the public Advice from the health professions Acts of Parliament mainly concerned with the NHS...
The NHS Act of 1951 meant that ophthalmic opticians would now carry out sight testing without direct medical oversight. This was a contradiction to the principles stipulated by the Faculty of Ophthalmologists after the National Health Service Bill, and raised significant concern among ophthalmologists. ...
The ideal that the National Health Service(NHS) was intended to be completely free and based on need instead of the ability to pay has been achieved to a large extent. It provides a range of medical and dental services for the whole country, based on family doctors, specialists, hospitals,...
Related to National Health Service:National Health Service Corps National Health Service or National Health n (Medicine) (in Britain) the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation. Abbreviation:NHS Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014...
Related to Public Health Service:Public Health Service Act ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. United States Public Health Service- an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health ...
The end of the National Health ServiceEarlier this year, the National Health Service in England was abolished in its previous form and replaced by a commissioning system. Following the Health and Social Care Act, the secretary of state for health gave up direct responsibility for the provision ...
The inception of the National Health Service: A daily managerial accomplishment Purpose - It is commonplace to talk of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) as having its inception in 1948 in an Act of Parliament which brought togethe... N Harding - 《Journal of Health Organisation & Manag...
Regulations 2004 ("the GMS Regulations"), the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2004 ("the PMS Regulations"), the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 ("the PS Regulations") and the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Servi...