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HELTHK-air/ˈhelθkeə/

Healthcare is services that look after health (uncountable): healthcare workers; access to healthcare. Health is already in the dictionary and is wider. Medical care is a close twin. NHS is the UK system, not a synonym for all healthcare. Do not write “a healthcare”. Hyphen health-care is also seen; healthcare is common in UK policy.

Meaning

Services that look after people’s health (uncountable).

Examples

• “Rural healthcare still depends on a single GP surgery.”
• “Healthcare workers voted on strike action, which is the staffing sense.”

Good to know

Uncountable: healthcare; access to healthcare; healthcare workers. Wider: health. UK system: the NHS. Not “a healthcare”. Policy spelling: healthcare.

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