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Burnham vows to ‘grasp the nettle’ with social care reform to save NHS
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- Sep 27, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC
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Publicly-funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom
The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, which were created separately, and are often referred to collectively or individually as "the NHS".
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