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  2. Urgent care center - Wikipedia

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    An urgent care center ( UCC ), also known as an urgent treatment centre (UTC) in the United Kingdom, is a type of walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of urgent ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency department located within a hospital. Urgent care centers primarily treat injuries or illnesses ...

  3. Practice Plus Group - Wikipedia

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    Practice Plus Group was founded as Care UK in 1982 and rebranded in 2020. It is owned by Bridgepoint Group. In November 2023, Practice Plus Group won Laing Buisson's 'Hospital Group of the Year' award. Facilities Private hospitals. Practice Plus Group offers private patient treatment at its hospitals. Its website advertises prices of up to 30% ...

  4. Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    One of London Ambulance Service's frontline vehicles The London Air Ambulance in action Peugeot Ambulance of the Scottish Ambulance Service. Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom provide emergency care to people with acute illness or injury and are predominantly provided free at the point of use by the four National Health Services (NHS) of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern ...

  5. Emergency department - Wikipedia

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    The main patient area inside the Mobile Medical Unit operated in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own ...

  6. Healthcare in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Life expectancy development in UK by gender Comparison of life expectancy at birth in England and Wales. Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded healthcare, funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision.

  7. COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom are temporary hospitals set up in the United Kingdom and overseas territories as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.. They principally include the seven NHS England Nightingale Hospitals, NHS Scotland's Louisa Jordan hospital, NHS Wales' Dragon's Heart Hospital, and the Northern Irish Health and Social Care site at Belfast City Hospital, as ...

  8. Healthcare in London - Wikipedia

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    Early history. The earliest state hospitals in the UK were set up in London under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board which was established by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 6). They supplemented the pattern of voluntary hospitals which had developed in the case of St Bartholomew's Hospital since 1123.

  9. Halton General Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Halton General Hospital. / 53.3239; -2.6943. Halton General Hospital is a health facility at Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is managed by the Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .