NHSn.

Brit.

/ˌɛneɪtʃˈɛs/, U.S.

/ˌɛnˌeɪtʃˈɛs/

Forms: 1900s– N.H.S., 1900s– NHS.

Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: National Health Service n.

Etymology: Initialism < National Health Service n.

Chiefly British.

= National Health Service n.Recorded earliest in compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service

health service1935

National Health Service1946

NHS1948

national health1952

Medicare1953

Medicaid1966

Medibank1974

1948 Lancet 20 Nov. 823/3 Other doctors do not discriminate between private and N.H.S. patients.

1948 Lancet 4 Dec. 904/1 The pharmacist's principal trouble just now is over delay in payment of his accounts under the N.H.S.

1977 Undercurrents June 12/1 To expect the NHS to encompass all sorts of fringe or alternative practices whilst even the level of basic medical care that people want is unobtainable..is pie in the sky.

2001 Daily Tel. 22 June 12/7 Uprima..will be available on the NHS under the same restrictions as other treatments.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1948¹N.H.S patient [see main sense].

1958 Times 8 Nov. 7/5 The public..is in turn increasingly unwilling to trust themselves to the care of their N.H.S. practitioner, thus reinforcing the habit of unnecessary referral to hospitals.

1968 Listener 11 July 58/3 One of the hospital committee shown arguing in the NHS film whether or not it should refund the cost of a 7s 11d vest.

1987 Babies & Benefits (Dept. Health & Social Security) 15 Your baby will need an NHS card so he or she can be registered with a GP.

C2.

NHS trust n. (in the U.K.) a self-governing administrative body within the National Health Service, comprising a hospital or (frequently) a group of neighbouring hospitals which has withdrawn from local health authority control; = hospital trust n. at hospital n. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service > N.H.S. trust

hospital trust1989

NHS trust1989

1989 Working for Patients 4 Hospitals will be able to apply for a new self-governing status as NHS Hospital Trusts.]

1989 Health Care Financing Rev. (Nexis) 10 (Suppl.) 49 The British Government is now proposing to transform NHS hospitals into self-governing NHS-trusts, potentially a very productive step in the direction of greater decentralization and greater tolerance of innovation.

1994 Accountancy Sept. 134/1 (advt.) An excellent opportunity exists within a third wave acute NHS Trust for a CCAB qualified accountant.

2001 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 12 June Northumbria Healthcare has been named one of the UK's best NHS Trusts by a top national firm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nhs
释义	NHSn. Brit. /ˌɛneɪtʃˈɛs/, U.S. /ˌɛnˌeɪtʃˈɛs/ Forms: 1900s– N.H.S., 1900s– NHS. Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: National Health Service n. Etymology: Initialism < National Health Service n. Chiefly British. = National Health Service n.Recorded earliest in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service health service1935 National Health Service1946 NHS1948 national health1952 Medicare1953 Medicaid1966 Medibank1974 1948 Lancet 20 Nov. 823/3 Other doctors do not discriminate between private and N.H.S. patients. 1948 Lancet 4 Dec. 904/1 The pharmacist's principal trouble just now is over delay in payment of his accounts under the N.H.S. 1977 Undercurrents June 12/1 To expect the NHS to encompass all sorts of fringe or alternative practices whilst even the level of basic medical care that people want is unobtainable..is pie in the sky. 2001 Daily Tel. 22 June 12/7 Uprima..will be available on the NHS under the same restrictions as other treatments. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1948¹N.H.S patient [see main sense]. 1958 Times 8 Nov. 7/5 The public..is in turn increasingly unwilling to trust themselves to the care of their N.H.S. practitioner, thus reinforcing the habit of unnecessary referral to hospitals. 1968 Listener 11 July 58/3 One of the hospital committee shown arguing in the NHS film whether or not it should refund the cost of a 7s 11d vest. 1987 Babies & Benefits (Dept. Health & Social Security) 15 Your baby will need an NHS card so he or she can be registered with a GP. C2. NHS trust n. (in the U.K.) a self-governing administrative body within the National Health Service, comprising a hospital or (frequently) a group of neighbouring hospitals which has withdrawn from local health authority control; = hospital trust n. at hospital n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service > N.H.S. trust hospital trust1989 NHS trust1989 1989 Working for Patients 4 Hospitals will be able to apply for a new self-governing status as NHS Hospital Trusts.] 1989 Health Care Financing Rev. (Nexis) 10 (Suppl.) 49 The British Government is now proposing to transform NHS hospitals into self-governing NHS-trusts, potentially a very productive step in the direction of greater decentralization and greater tolerance of innovation. 1994 Accountancy Sept. 134/1 (advt.) An excellent opportunity exists within a third wave acute NHS Trust for a CCAB qualified accountant. 2001 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 12 June Northumbria Healthcare has been named one of the UK's best NHS Trusts by a top national firm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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