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
Women's ice hockey in Great Britain of national teams. In August 2006 both teams travelled to Prague for a training camp, followed by a tournament in Pilzen which saw the Senior Team play their way to a silver medal. Details of all Home Internationals known are shown below: The overall records of the teams are therefore: Team Great Britain is the national side that represents the UK in firstly the European Championships followed by the IIHF World Championships. Below is a guide to GB's performances year by year. Only 'competitive' games (challenge matches ignored) are counted for the records. Team GB re-entered the world of international