The National Health Service (NHS) was set up over 50 years ago and is now the largest organisation in Europe. The Department of Health has overall responsibility for regulation and inspection of the NHS. Increasingly however this is done at arms-length through other organisations. Strategic health authorities are responsible for developing strategi... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20808
should stand for National Health Services, plural. The UK has four national health services, three of which use the NHS name Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21423