Factors Leading to the Introduction of the NHS

Task 14, The NHS

TABLE OF CONTENT
• Social factors leading to the introduction of the NHS
• Political factors leading to the introduction of the NHS
• Ideological factors leading to the introduction of the NHS
• Significant changes to funding and structure of the NHS
• Impact on the service users due to the changes in NHS’s structure and
funding
• Impact on service providers due to the changes in NHS’s structure and
funding
References

Social factors leading to the introduction of the NHS
National Health service (NHS) is a publicly funded healthcare system of United
Kingdom which was introduced in 1948. There were various factors which induced
the introduction of NHS, some of such social factors includes:
• Wealth
• Population density
• Quality of life
Wealth – Before introduction of NHS, health care facilities were a luxury to poor
people due to which the rate of death was increasing in early 2000s. With the
thought to provide appropriate healthcare services to poor people, the NHS was lead
to its introduction.

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Population density – In the scenario of early 1900s of United Kingdom, the population was
denser in urban areas than rural areas due to which they flow of patients in urban areas was
continuous and such areas were receiving appropriate budget for health councils. But on the
other hand, the healthcare services in rural areas were not enough as the health councils of
such areas were struggling with finance issues.
Quality of life – This factor also led towards
introduction of NHS as it seems important to raise
the quality of life of people of UK. This graph
clearly shows how life expectancy and quality of
life has increased after introduction of NHS.