Health and welfare in Britain

The National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) provides comprehensive healthcare throughout the United Kingdom.
The main element in primary care is the system of general practitioners (GPs – family doctors), who provide preventive and curative care and who refer patients to hospital and specialist services.

The other major types of primary medical care are dentistry and pharmaceutical and ophthalmic services.
These are the only services of the NHS for which charges are levied, though persons under age 16, past retirement, or with low incomes are usually exempt. 
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