National Health Service National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the name used for each of the public health services in the United Kingdom – the NHS in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the affiliated Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland – as well as a term to describe them collectively. They were established together in 1948 as one of the major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the
Homeopathic hospitals in the National Health Service for by the NHS. Following guidance from NHS England management that NHS spending on homeopathic treatments should cease, and that GPs should be advised to "de-prescribe" the treatments for existing patients, the British Homeopathic Association brought a lawsuit against the NHS. In 2018, the High Court ruled in favor of NHS England. , Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, now renamed the Centre for Integrative Care, is the only remaining NHS hospital offering homeopathic treatment, with an annual budget of £1.7m. NHS homeopathic hospitals included: Homeopathic hospitals in the National Health Service The UK National Health Service has historically supported a number of