Strategic Issues in London Ambulance Service

Undergraduate Major
Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Question 1........................................................................................................................................1
Identify and analyse strategic issues...........................................................................................1
Question 2........................................................................................................................................2
Identify and analyse Challenges..................................................................................................2
Question 3........................................................................................................................................3
Identify and analyse solutions.....................................................................................................3
Question 4........................................................................................................................................4
Implement one of solutions.........................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The London Ambulance service is an NHS trust liable for conducting ambulances and
answering and reacting to urgent and emergency medical situations within the London, region of
England.
Question 1
Identify and analyse strategic issues
In present time health care sector increase in broad manner due to occur major accidents
and disease. In this sector hospitals and trust are facing some strategical issues underneath:
 Increase medical cost for owner: As per the affordable care act, there is about 40% tax
obligatory on staff members who provides excess advantages to their employees. When
hospital recruit any staff member so paid highly salary because of respond to this new tax
by necessitate for staff members to pay more for their insurance. The government set
some taxes and provision on medical services that paid by the employer so for this
company paid high cost to become leader in health care sector (Craig, 2018).
 Health care regulatory challenge: It is main issue that create problem for overall sector in
political arena. When government apply any changes in health care sector so it is directly
impact on the strategy that prepare by every health organisations. Political regulations
changes based on the government and take consideration into staff how handle the
changes effectively. Regulatory challenges drive up with the cost of offering different
services and care.
 Technological advancement issues: In present time technology increase day by day in
every sector that influence on the strategies that adopt by the organisations. In the context
of health care sector technology advancement introduce by leading hospitality
organisation. To become modern every organisation try to adopt modern technology but
small organisation can not afford this. It become problem for them because according to
that they are applying changes in their strategies that set by them to operate different
regulatory activities. The technology advancement is providing opportunity and
challenges to company.
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