Analysis of NHS and Wellington Hospital in Business Environment

This report provides a comparative analysis of the National Health Service (NHS) and Wellington Hospital, examining their structures, purposes, and scopes within the business environment. The report categorizes NHS as a public sector firm and Wellington Hospital as a private sector entity, highlighting their ownership, operational models, and primary objectives. It explores the sizes and scopes of both organizations, detailing NHS's extensive reach and patient volume compared to Wellington Hospital's more focused services. Furthermore, the report contrasts their organizational structures, noting NHS's tall, hierarchical structure with multiple departments and Wellington Hospital's flatter structure with a wider span of control. This comparison aims to illustrate how these structural differences impact their ability to adapt to market changes and achieve their business targets. The report references relevant literature to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of the business environments of these two healthcare providers.

BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT

INTRODUCTION
The firm selected in order to carry out analysis in
particular task includes:
 NHS
 Wellington hospital

P1 and P2 KIND OF FIRMS
National health service is considered as organization that offers public health
services. The company has employs around 1.6 million people with the
combined budget of ￡ 136.7 billion. The residents of UK are not being charged
for the most of the medical treatments.
Wellington hospital is private organization. It is the largest independent hospital
within UK and it is a part of HCA international hospital group. The hospital is
renowned for its cardiac services, neurosurgery, liver, HPB medicine,
orthopedics as well as other services.

TYPES AND PURPOSES
NHS
 It is regarded as public sector firm that is being owned by
the stated. This is being controlled by the government of the
nation in relation of its management as well as functioning.
It is majorly opened towards benefiting the local individual
instead of increasing the profit.
 There major purpose is towards serving the individual in
best manner and offering health and care. Moreover their
major motive is towards curing greater number of people
and becoming leader in offering quality health care services.

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Wellington hospital
 It is regarded as private sector hospital that is owned and
managed by private entrepreneurs. Moreover it can either be
owned by single or group of people. There major motivate is
towards earning profit. There is less involvement of the
government.
 The major purpose of this is to become market leader in offering
quality health care services to the patients. Further there motive
is towards maximizing the profitability and creating sound image
before the people.

SIZE AND SCOPE
NHS
 It is dealing with across 1 million patients for every 36 hours. It
is regarded as the top most leading health care firm within UK.
IT possess 1.4 million personnel with health care sector that are
offering services to patients.
 They possess wide scope towards offering services to the
individual. Moreover they offers greater range of information
that assist the individual in getting queries resolved in relation
with treatment and care.

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Wellington hospital
 It is the largest independent hospital within UK and it is a
part of HCA international hospital group. The hospital is
renowned for its cardiac services, neurosurgery, liver, HPB
medicine, orthopedics as well as other services.
 It is regarded as firm that has narrow scope when compared
with NHS. This is in terms of quality of services and the
treatment of outcomes as well. The firm charges greater
amount as it has aim of profit.

M1 STRUCTURE ABD SCOPE OF
FIRMS
NHS possess tall structure within its firm. It possess
several levels within its hierarchy. There is presence of
greater number of executives who have smaller span of
control. They are having in-charge of smaller group of
individual. It is being structured as one that is more
complex and makes changes at slower speed in relation
with the changes that takes place in the market.

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There is greater benefit for the firm in having such
structure as there are various departments within health
care and every department possess its own purpose.
Therefore it acts as an aid in performance of the task in
an effective manner. Moreover it acts as an aid in
attainment of the targets of business to a significant
level.

STRUCTURE AND SCOPE OF NHS
Wellington hospital possess flat structure at its place of
work. In this there are lesser managers and under them
there are greater number of workers. There is greater
span of control on the employees. They are answerable
for greater number of individual.

CONTINUED....
It becomes simple towards making adoption of the
changes from the environment as they have large span
of control. Such structure is important towards
achievement of the goals and business targets as they
offer services at higher prices in order serve patients in
appropriate way.

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