NHS
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The National Health Service is The United Kingdom's publicly funded healthcare system. Founded in 1948 on the recommendation of the Beveridge Report of 1942, the service provides comprehensive health and medical care, free at the point of use for any legal UK resident. Across the four regions, the expenditure of the NHS amounted to almost £127.5 billion in 2012/13.