Healthcare Law and Ethics: Outsourcing and Regulations in the UK

HEALTHCARE LAW AND ETHICS
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Executive summary
Health and social care is one of the going sector with increase in number of diseases in
external environment to provide qualitative care to individuals that are living in society. This
report has base on the case study of Primary Care Trust, that is community blood screening
service has expanded its business for three years. So, it has discussed about the what all things
need to be considered by CCG for acting consistently with the Page 3 of 7 requirements of the
National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations
2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1. Evolution of Healthcare system in the UK..............................................................................3
2. The phenomenon of outsourcing.............................................................................................4
3. Statistics to the source of outsourcing.....................................................................................5
4. Competition public procurement and patient choice...............................................................6
5. Legislation...............................................................................................................................6
6.The scope of CA 1998..............................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Healthcare is the improvement or maintenance of health via the prevention and other
physical and mental impairments which are provided by the health care professionals. With
increase in number of diseases, healthcare system has been improved to improve the health and
well-being of people living in society.
The report will analyze the relevant legislations and examples by critically discussing the
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is taken into account for ensuring it is acting consistently
with the requirements of National Health Service (NHS) by following regulations 2013. This will
further involve evolution of healthcare system in UK, the phenomenon of outsourcing, statistics
to the source of outsourcing, competition public procurement and patient choice, legislation T,
the scope of CA 1998. These are the essential aspects which will be explained under the
healthcare sector and for this the case study is provided which will help in delivering the
information at large scale. All these aspects will help in providing all the information regarding
the Primary Care Trust in collaboration with Trinity Hospital on significant scales.
MAIN BODY
1. Evolution of Healthcare system in the UK
United Kingdom is sovereign states that is located at north-western coast of Europe,
more over it has population of 62,262,000 people and $2.260 trillion Great Britain Pounds as
GDP. After the second world war, the UK healthcare system has come into the existence and
become operational on 5 July 1948. Before it, the healthcare system has been available to only
wealthy people, unless and until the treatment is offered to patient through charity at free of cost.
Moreover, in 1911, the national insurance act has been introduced by David Lloyd George that
contribute in deducting small amount of money from the wages of employees so that they can be
entitled to healthcare services (Maynard and Williams, 2018). So, after the world war, steps has
been taken to endeavour launch of public healthcare system with an motivate to offer health care
services to diverse range of people at free of cost. In 1974, the tripartite system has been
formulated that contribute in splitting the services into primary care, hospital services and
community services. So, such reformation has continued which further lead in development of
NHS with an aim to improve healthcare standard by lowering cost and waiting time.
Currently, there are more changes that has been brought in NHS in 2014 that would result
in putting 30000 administrators of work. Furthermore, around 80% of bugdet of NHS will be