British health service, initially (3)

I believe the answer is:

nhs

(Other definitions for nhs that I've seen before include "British health services, in short" , "National Health Service" , "British health service, initially" , "'British health system, initially (3)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Simplex) and The Irish Times.

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