NHS (Jonathia)

The National Health Service (Jonish: Nådcinger Canidcervica; French: Service de Santé National; German: Nationaler Gesundheitsservice), also known as the NHS (Jonish: NCC; French: SSN; German: NGS), is the publicly funded healthcare system in Jonathia. Primarily funded by the government from general taxation, and overseen by the Department of Health, the NHS provides healthcare to all legal Jonathian residents, with most services free at the point of use for most people. The NHS also conducts research through the National Health and Care Research Institute (NHCRI).
The NHS was created in late 1949 and was the result of Laura Kirkbride's National Health Care Act. It replaced the Medical Ward System that had been in place since 1920, and merged each province's Health Board into one national organisation.
The NHS provides the majority of healthcare in Jonathia, including primary care, in-patient care, long-term healthcare, ophthalmology and dentistry. Private health care has continued parallel to the NHS, paid for largely by private insurance: it is used by about 8% of the population, generally as an add-on to NHS services.
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