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National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) was a British organisation devoted to making healthcare free for all people from birth to death. It was founded by Aneurin Bevan. (AUDIO: Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy)

History[]

A hospital porter suggested that a Weevil try plastic surgery "not on the NHS, mind." (TV: Everything Changes)

In 2008, when the Tenth Doctor was a patient at Royal Hope Hospital under the alias "John Smith", (TV: Smith and Jones) his name was linked to an invalid NHS number. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters)

In 2010, entering 79B Aickman Road as Craig Owens' lodger, the Eleventh Doctor used his psychic paper to provide what was apparently his NHS number. (TV: The Lodger)

During the Miracle in 2011, there were fears that it would go bust. (TV: The Categories of Life)

However, by the time of the Sorvix take-over of Cardiff, the NHS was still going. (AUDIO: Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy)

Sir Roger Hornsbury was head of the NHS in England and Wales in the early 21st century and apologised for the sudden decline of hospital standards (AUDIO: Seed of Chaos) following the deaths of sixteen patients at Garfield Hospital Trust due to nurses abandoning them. (AUDIO: Ruffling)

Upon entering the New New York Hospital in the year 5,000,000,023, Rose Tyler observed that it was "not exactly NHS". (TV: New Earth)

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The Thirteenth Doctor asked to protect the NHS during the Covid-19 crisis. (WC: United we stand, 2m apart [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (BBC, 2020).)

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