National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) ensures that all UK residents receive medical care free of charge or pay a minimum fee for some services.
NHS services include doctor care, hospital care, family planning, child care clinic for children less than five years of age, home visits by health visitors to check child development, immunisations, dentistry, eye examinations, and prescriptions.
All family members should register at the local health clinic to receive a NHS number although one may receive treatment under the NHS before the number is processed.
The General Practitioner (GP) will attend to all health needs of the family, unless a specific situation requires a paediatrician, gynaecologist, etc. These specialists will not allocate you an appointment without receiving a referral letter from your GP, unless you are a private patient.
In the UK, specialists and GPs are addressed as 'Doctor'. Surgeons, obstetricians, and gynaecologists are referred to as 'Mister', 'Mrs.', etc. The operating room or surgery in a hospital is instead known as a 'theatre', while the office of a medical practitioner is referred to as a 'surgery'.
The official NHS website www.nhs.uk connects you to your local NHS services and provides general information about what the NHS does how it works and how to use it.....
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