Healthcare Report: Diabetes History, NHS Development, and Modern Care

This report provides an overview of diabetes as a significant public health concern and the associated high costs for the National Health Service (NHS) in delivering healthcare and treatment to a large population. It delves into the history of diabetes, tracing its understanding and classification from approximately 1550 BC, highlighting the challenges in treatment and the long-term health complications that contribute to substantial healthcare costs, including kidney failure, blindness, and stroke. The report also discusses the development of the NHS and its reforms since 1948, focusing on the provision of healthcare services to the poor and elderly, the establishment of a national network for general practitioners, and the delivery of services such as home nursing and health promotion. The analysis emphasizes the need to reduce healthcare costs related to diabetes through various opportunities that can improve care and reduce financial burdens on the NHS.

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Table of content
 Introduction
 History
 Development of NHS
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Diabetes refers to a disease which occur
when individual blood glucose or blood
sugar get higher. Blood glucose refers to
a main source of energy which comes
from eating food. Insulin is a hormone
which are made in pancreas and enable
glucose to get from food into cells of
individual to use as energy. There are a
large number of population who are
suffering from diabetes which about 7%
of UK population are living with
diabetes.
There are also large number of children
who have diabetes and diagnosed every
year. To deal with it, National Health
Services has made better and effective
response related with diabetic problem.
They provide high quality care and
treatment to the patient which increases
healthcare cost (Camacho and et. al.,
2018). This issue is getting higher and
creating burden on healthcare due to
diabetes.

History of diabetes
History of diabetes started with
approximately 1550 BC where this
disease where not able to get
understand and become classified as
different type and treatment. This
create a large number of long term
health complication. The term
diabetes is credited of Memphis
which refers to a disease in which
patient may drain more fluid than
they can consume. There is high
expense of Health Care costs within
NHS that include 10 billion each year
(Quarti Machado Rosa and et. al.,
2018). This created due to its
complication which may include
kidney failure, blindness, stroke that
create a cost lot of money.
Due to this cost pressure, diabetes within
NHS to get worse. This create high
prevention due to complication of
developing treatment with impact in
individuals life. In this analysis need to
ensure that there is can reduce the cost of
healthcare on diabetes through
implementing different opportunity which
can enable organization to improve care and
reduce the cost.

Development of NHS regarding diabetes problem
NHS has some of the most radical
reform since its creation in public
service 1948. Historically, NHS
provide services to poor and
elderly received care from
religious order. However, it
provide form of support to most
needy person through out under
the first poor law.
It provides services like
home nurses, public and
environment health and
health promotion which
includes continuous run by
elected local councils.
It provides benefit and support to poor at
home. It provides a national network for
general practitioner to provide healthcare
services on large scale to the poor people and
public of UK.

Conclusion
From above discussion, it can be concluded that diabetes is a
public health concern which create a high cost burden for NHS to
deliver healthcare services treatment to the large population. In
this report, there is a discussion about diabetes and history and
development of National Health Services in diabetes problem.

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