National Health Service: Provisions, Funding, and Future Factors

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The essay discusses the background of the National Health Service of UK. It
identifies and analyses the health care provisions within the territory (Grimes 2016). It also
discusses variety of state and private health care provisions conformed by the national
government of the UK. More over the essay points out basic differences and similarities. It
also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these provisions. The essay also describes
the mix of healthcare provisions in the contemporary UK (Glover et al 2014). The analysis
evaluates various approaches for the funning in the healthcare service sectors in Britain. It
identifies the demographic factors which play an important role in effecting the National
Healthcare Services in future and evaluate them in detail. The paper will be explaining the
range of economic as well as political factors that likely effecting the national healthcare
service in distant future.
Mix of heath care provisions in the contemporary Britain:
In recent times, there are various kinds of healthcare provisions found in the
background of the state as well as private health care system in the UK. For case, the national
government of the UK owns, operates, conducts and manages the state healthcare provisions
with in the territory of Britain. On the other hand, the private health care provisions conduct
as well as operate the private sector health care provisions (Grimes 2016). These are owned
by the private organizations therefore has no relation with the national or local governments.
State Healthcare responsibilities:
There are different aspects associated with these provisions which are divided among
the state and private organizations for providing a high quality service to the citizens. The
state government is responsible for conducting the Public health insurance programs. The
applications for affordable healthcare service are accepted by the state government at any
time (Frech et al 2015). The state provides Medicaid as well as different healthcare services

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in low cost or even free. As mentioned before, these provisions usually include both
profitable and non-profitable corporations, various partnerships and charities. It is important
that the healthcare services in the UK has been less expensive in comparison to others. The
state owned sector Include Department of Health, Special Health Authorities, Strategic
Health Authorities, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care and emergency care.
The private Healthcare responsibilities:
The Healthcare insurance plans are conducted by different private insurance
companies. Unlike the public sector, the private healthcare plans have distinct open
application periods. People needs to pay for the Private health insurance plans through
premium expenses (Dixon-Woods et al 2013). The private healthcare sector includes federal,
state, provincial and municipal governments. The Private healthcare is costlier in the UK.
Unlike the national sector, the private own companies, provide the majority of long-term
health care available in the UK. This sector also provides services of acute care though it has
fewer hospitals for acute care than those of the NHS. This privately owned independent
sector also plays a significant role in empowering the health care services in England by
introducing the patient choice include for profit (Waugh et al. 2016).
Similarities of actions:
Both the national as well as private health care insurance programs maintain the
quality of health care and cover the complete health care of the clients (Greenrod et al. 2014).
The insurance programs in the UK were designed by both the state as well as private health
care organizations in the same way. Both the sectors aim to improve the quality as well as
efficiency in the healthcare services (Blackwell, Lucas and Clarke 2014). Additionally, both
the sectors are totally responsible for providing the long term healthcare services but at lower
cost or free to the patients. The main goal and objective is similar which is to enhance the