Organisation of Health Care System

Organisation of Health
Care System

Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
How is the healthcare system organized?........................................................................................3
Health System performance.............................................................................................................7
Influencing factors...........................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is undertaken for the health system of UK in which the building block
framework provided by WHO is discussed along with various functions of the health system
specified in the framework. Various limitations of the frameworks are also discussed along with
the health system performance with the help of Universal health coverage concept. The
performance of the system is analysed on the basis of various dimensions which suggested that
the health system of UK is considered to be one of the best health system throughout the world
but there are some areas to be improved which are recommended along with their implications.
INTRODUCTION
The healthcare system is defined as system that has been used by the country for financing
the healthcare services, organising various services related to the healthcare as well as their
delivery to the needy people. In this the expenditure of the services and the resources in terms of
healthcare workers and facilities are included along with the issues such as to whom and which
services to be provided (Spurgeon, 2019). In this report the country whose healthcare services
are taken into consideration is UK. The healthcare system of UK is selected because the system
of UK is considered to be one of the most efficient systems throughout the world, secondly, they
have a government sponsored universal healthcare system called National Health Services which
aims to offer better quality services to the patients and ensures more power and information to
the patients with reduces waiting time and tougher standards for the associated organisation for
the betterment of the general public. Lastly, the health care services of UK come first in
efficiency context which is measured in terms of total national spending on healthcare as a
percentage of GDP. All these aspects make the services of the country better and ensure easily
access to the services for the people of the country. In this report the healthcare system of the
country is discussed along with their performance and the factors that influence their
performances in context of the framework that has been offered by the World Health
Organisation.
How is the healthcare system organized?
In the year 2007, The World Health Organisation provided a framework which is commonly
known as WHO building framework. This framework enables to pay focus upon the
strengthening of the healthcare system along with this it act as a guide to common conceptual

understanding for a better health system. As per this framework offers six building blocks are
defined that constitute of an effective health system. They are considered be the six essential
functions that have to be performed by the health care system of any country. These building
blocks include service delivery, health workforce (human resources), information (data and data
systems), medical products, vaccines and technologies, financing and leadership and governance
(stewardship) (World Health Organization, 2016). These building block systems contributes to
the system in different way as this strengthen the capabilities of the health care system to offers
better services to people of the nation. Some of the crucial components include leadership\
governance and the health information system as this offers the basis for the policies to be
required for the other building blocks provided in the framework. Apart from this, out of these
six components the financing and the human resources i.e., the health care professional are the
important components. The third group of the building blocks of the health care system include
medical products and technologies as well as the delivery of the services related to the health
care. It reflects the output that has been produced by the entire system for the welfare of the
people and it can be analysed by their availability and accessibility as well as its distribution.
Goals that the country is pursuing in its efforts to improve the population’s health
The goal of the health care system of the country is to offers better services to the people of
the country with the help of different building blocks that has been offered by the WHO. The UK
government has developed their system taking into consideration all the factors so as to ensure
better health services in their country. They have constituted the organisation namely National
Health organisation which manages the entire system. In each and every country of UK the NHS
has its own structure and organisation (Kutzin and Sparkes, 2016). The system is consist of two
broad sections: one of that is responsible for dealing with various strategies, policies and the
management of the entire health care system while the other is responsible for actual medical
services and the clinical care of the patients which is divided as primary care which include
community care, pharmacists, etc.; secondary care which includes hospital based care assessed
by way of GP referral; tertiary care in which specialist hospitals are included. The goal of the
health care system of UK is:
 To improve the quality of the health care services of the country by improving the
standards of care and for this the quality of in-home care is aimed to be improved.