Report On NHS - Social Care & Various Independent Sectors In UK
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Report On NHS - Social Care & Various Independent Sectors In UK
Added on 2020-02-03
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UnderstandingandAnalysis of the UK healthsystem
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Understanding the relation of current NHS, social care and independent sectors ...............1Theoretical understanding of care and legislation to nursing practice...................................4NMC Codes, Strength and weakness and various acts related to it. .....................................6CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONThe UK is a multicultural, multilingual society where spiritual, sociological, culturaldiversity are being respected and acknowledged. They provide large variety of healthcareservices to the clients according to their needs (Knight and et.al., 2014). Generally, interpersonalskills, effective communication, intra-personal communication and multi-professional team-working are required for the planning, evaluating and implementing effective healthcare. TheUnited Kingdom healthcare system, provides the public healthcare to all the members of theirresidents which are around 58 million. Healthcare provided by the government is free whenneeded, and if paid then it is paid by general taxation (Bowling, 2014). It was estimated thatcitizens paid around 18% on healthcare taxation that is around 4.5% of average income of acitizen.Around 8.4% of the total domestic product of UK is spend on healthcare. Gross domesticproduct on healthcare. There is also rise in the private healthcare sector in which much is lessthan the public sector. Structure of the NHS, social care and independent provision are being discussed in thefollowing report. Health and social policy influence across Wales and UK are being discussed.Also, discussion related to the various service provided by the healthcare services are beingdescribed. Requirement of professional development in the healthcare is also being describedand other opportunities in the healthcare sector. At last the discussion about the topic related to NHS in Wales and various acts whichrelates about the topic like social care and well-being, Human Right Act 1998, MentalityCapacity Act 2005, Equality, Mentality health Act, 1983. Moreover, the report contains thedetails aboutthe weaknesses and strength which are associated with NHS and are identified byNMC code. The report contains the details which are related to interlink current NHS with thesocial care and various independent sectors in UK. NHS contribution to the country and theWales are well-discussed. Understanding the relation of current NHS, social care and independent sectors NHS was established on 5th July 1948 in Wales.David Lloyd George was the person whointroduced the concept of deducing small amount of salary from the employee wages and inreturn they were provided with the free healthcare services under National Insurance Act. NHS
was thus introduced by the government to improve healthcare in UK at reasonable prices andwaiting times (Nolan and et.al., 2016). The unified medical services are provided under this actand public health issues are discussed during the meeting in parliament.This was emergingfactor for the cross party consensus and by the National Health Services have descriptive. Thehealthcare services are provided in various sectors of UK like NHS Scotland, Wales. Citizenscan opt for the NHS or they can visit the independent provision as per their wish. NHS providesthe best doctors and nurses, more hospital and beds, more power and information for patients. Itprovides better healthcare for the aged person and has set the tougher standards NHSorganization (Universal Health Care: Lessons from the British Experience, 2016)NHS constitution follows the values and principles of NHS England. In order to provideproper care to patients, it requires to have effective planning that needs to be delivered withproper partnership with families and care providers (Power, 2015). Further, patients focusedapproach should be of high quality. In this it should include dignity, respect, care andcompassion. The revised UK does not meet the purposes. When changes are made, then itbecomes difficult to understand them in take appropriate steps to perform accordingly (Snelling,2015)UK’s healthcare is considered to world’s most efficient hospital services. The quality,equity, healthy lives, access to care and efficiency are five areas of performance of NHS(Gaynor, Moreno-Serra and Propper, 2013). Wales have their own system of publicly- fundedand private healthcare. In case of England, healthcare and healthcare policies are the centralgovernments' responsibility , whereas in Wales the single designate governments are responsible.UK's NHS has the largest employer with more than 1.3 million staff. The net expenditureper head across the UK was in Wales was around £1,758, respectively. In Wales, LHBs plan,secure and delivery healthcare services in their areas and there are 3 NHS trusts providingemergency, cancer care and public health services nationally. The Secretary of State associatedwith the health care which works under Department of Health (Murray and et.al., 2013). TheDepartment of health which maintains the leadership and funding in UK. It includes 23 agenciesand public support. Clinical Commissioning groups which is NHS supported bodies which isrelated to the commissioning and planning of healthcare services. Health and Well-being boardswhich works under NHS, public health care and social care.
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