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Assignment | Healthcare Management

   

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Running head: HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT Name of the studentUniversity nameAuthor’s note

1HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENTTable of ContentsIntroduction............................................................................................................................2Impact of privatisation of NHS on the UK healthcare...........................................................2Benefits of NHS privatisation on other industries.....................................................................4Argument for and against privatisation of NHS....................................................................6Reflection on the research......................................................................................................7Conclusion..............................................................................................................................8References..............................................................................................................................9

2HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENTIntroduction The current assignment focuses on the concept of healthcare management. In thecurrent assignment England based National Health Service (NHS) has been taken intoconsideration. The term is collectively used for a number of sister concerns of the NHS suchas – NHS England, NHS Scotland, Health and social care in North Ireland , NHS Wales. Thegoal behind the establishment of the organization was to develop universal, comprehensiveand free healthcare services for the needy and the poor. However, the privatisation ofhealthcare has become a huge threat in the pathway of establishment of the NHS objectives.The assignment explores the effect of Privatisation of NHS on various healthcare services.This in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act, 2012, by which increased number ofstaffs are transferred from the NHS to private sectors hospitals for imparting sophisticatedcare at higher prices. The process of privatisation is transforming NHS into a money makingtrust, which radically limits the quality and quantity of care delivered by the NHS trust.Impact of privatisation of NHS on the UK healthcare The inception of the health and social care act has promoted the prospects of theprivatisation of NHS. Though the plan provides a larger role to the general practitioners, theplan has been nullified by most of the medical care units. In order to analyse the changingdimensions we need to focus upon the present scenario within the NHS. It could behighlighted that the NHS already has a significant amount of privatisation in the form ofcontributions from commercial businesses. There are mixed reactions within the economyregarding making the health and social care act into a legal act. As commented by Kirkwoodand Pollock (2016), most healthcare providers under the NHS umbrella, act throughcompetitive contracts. Under this they are competing with the NHS and public sectorhealthcare services for getting sufficient number of patients (Burton 2014). Though the

3HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENTIndependent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs) supplement for the range of healthcareservices provided by NHS, there are inequalities within the range of healthcare servicesprovided. As argued by Maynard (2017), increased commercialization would shift thebalance from NHS to an increasingly privatised service. Thus, commercialization of thehealthcare industry can generate huge amount of international revenues. Therefore, thegovernment has to solely depend upon the frequency of illness within the population to helppay the taxes. As mentioned by Burton (2014), the power play can do more harm to thepopulation than good. The privatization will disturb the balance between the intrinsic andextrinsic motivators for the NHS trust as a whole (Goffey et al. 2014). The intrinsic factorshere refer to compassion, generosity whereas the extrinsic motivators refer to money, powerand prestige. The NHS operates from intrinsic motivation which could be significantlyhampered by the thirst for power (Maynard 2017).The privatisation of NHS would make the healthcare services turn into a commodity.The industrialisation of healthcare can work well in conceptually simple and wellcircumscribed illnesses such as cataract and arthritis. On the other hand, it is not so effectivein redressing complex, multiple problems observed in old age and mental healthcare.Therefore, the industrialisation creates an imbalance by the oversupply of commoditised careversus catering to the health requisites of the old and the mentally ill. The privatisation canmake NHS focus upon the short term health goals more as a means of making money ratherthan focus upon the deep rooted health problems of the patients. This is because as long asillness is prevalent within the population, the health industry would keep on making money(Kahungu 2016).The root cause of healthcare problems are much more deep rooted and oftenneeds a psycho-social mirror for analysis and retrospection. However as mentioned byKirkwood and Pollock (2016), the privatisation would disturb the holistic approach ofhealthcare. The health and social care act, 2012, has been manifested by the government in

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