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noun ADJ. comprehensive, good | free | community, family, national, public VERB + HEALTH SERVICE manage, run the problems of managing the health service | establish, introduce, set up plans to set up a national health service | improve, reform | finance, pay for | nationalize, privatize HEALTH SERVICE + VERB provide sth The health service can't provide cosmetic surgery. HEALTH SERVICE + NOUN employee, manager, official, staff, worker PREP. in the ~ a shortage of labour in the health service | on the ~ Are you going to have your operation done on the national health service? | under the ~ This treatment is difficult to obtain under the national health service. | within the ~ decision-making within the health service
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