This book is essential reading for workers in the nhs at all levels including managers administrators and clinical professionals it is vital reading for managers and staff at commercial. Search the nhs website search close search menu close menu home health a z live well care and support. An introduction to the nhs the nhs is a complex system which can sometimes make it difficult to understand especially working out who is responsible for what its made up of a wide range of different organisations with different roles responsibilities and specialities these organisations provide a variety of services and support to patients . A brief guide to the history of the nhs founded to give free healthcare to all the national health service is one of the uks most beloved institutions but since it was founded in 1948 its faced a slew of demanding challenges from ballooning costs to lethal epidemics this competition is now closed. Guide to the nhs guide to the nhs introduction beyond the hospital or clinic apart from occasional interactions with management many junior doctors are not really sure what happens in the upper echelons of the nhs how the nhs the department of health and the government interact can be hazy and as for