Health & Social Care - National Health Service

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Aims and objectives of NHS.......................................................................................................................2
Policy provision and legislation...................................................................................................................3
Previous intervention in NHS......................................................................................................................4
Leadership style in NHS..............................................................................................................................4
Autocratic leadership...............................................................................................................................4
Democratic leader....................................................................................................................................5
Transformational leadership....................................................................................................................5
Change models and framework...................................................................................................................6
Things were not done properly................................................................................................................6
NHS current statistics..............................................................................................................................6
John Kotter's change model.........................................................................................................................7
Create urgency.........................................................................................................................................7
The powerful coalition.............................................................................................................................7
Vision for change....................................................................................................................................8
Communicate the vision..........................................................................................................................8
Remove obstacles....................................................................................................................................9
Short term wins.......................................................................................................................................9
Build on change.....................................................................................................................................10
The changes in corporate culture...........................................................................................................10
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................11
Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The NHS was born as the long-held ideal with the object to provide good healthcare services to
all. In 1939, the emergency hospital service was established to give a taste about the National
Health Service. National Health Service (NHS) is known as the publicly funded organisation in
the UK. This is the largest healthcare organisation in the world. It is established in the different
nations of the UK by differing legislation. This is funded by the government of the UK from
general taxation (Triggle, 2018). The core principles at the time of launch were to meet the
requirements of everyone, freely at point of delivery, and based on the clinical requirements
(Levesque, Harris, & Russell, 2013). It is overseen by the NHS England and department of
health and social care to deliver the best services to English residents free at the point of use.
Emergency and infectious diseases treatment is free for everyone. These all are guiding for the
development of NHS with the programs and principles of full-scale modernisation. The
organisation has introduced the sustainability and transformation plans to deal with the services
of financial problems. Plans appear to include the loss of services and highly controversial.
These all are the most to reach the change and redesign care to manage the increased demand of
the patient. As the role of a manager within the organisation will lead to the important change
and effectively implement them to gain the organisation current objectives. The role will be to
manage primary care more effectively. The following discussion will cover the discussion of
current objectives and aims of NHS with the analysis of current policy provisions and legislation
applicable to NHS.
Aims and objectives of NHS
The organisation regularly seeks out to decrease the avoidable harm to the patient and deliver a
good experience to the patient. These are aligned with the efforts to focus on to achieve
outcomes (El Halwagy, & Otify, 2009). NHS has the mission to deliver the services and care that
we and our families would like to use. The following are the current objectives and aims of the
NHS.
To deliver the public health funded services and high-quality NHS.

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To work within the partnership with patients, carers, families, and including them within the
decision making regarding treatment, care, and encourage participating by supporting and
listening to express requirements and desires to maintain the maximum level of choice,
independence, and control.
It also works to recognize the diverse nature of the practice of population and reduce inequalities
in healthcare provision by encouraging services within the practice and provide quality medical
services of primary care within the community.
The aim and objective of NHS are to focus on disease prevention by the promotion of health and
wellbeing and offer care with advice to patients.
It includes professionals in the care of patients with the best interest and provides informed
choices that suit to patient requirements regarding respect of referrals.
The organisation improves healthcare services of the patient by auditing, learning, and
monitoring.
It takes care of the worker by ensuring a motivated team and competent within the accurate
training and skills to do jobs and protect against abuse.
Organisation will act with confidentiality and integrity to ensure robust systems of information
governance.
It treats patients and workers with dignity, respect, independence, and honesty within the
environment that is safe, accessible and friendly.
Policy provision and legislation
The policy provision and legislation have been formulated which target attainment of the high
possible level of well-being and good health by the promotive and preventive orientation of
health care within the development policies and access to effective services of health care
(Acker, 2012). The organisation provides affordable health services that lie with the respective
technical and financial support within the National Health Mission (NHM). It strengthens the
health system regarding the provision of accessible quality and affordable healthcare. There is a