Introduction and background to help reduce NHS deficit The NHS stands for the National Health Service, and was founded on the 5 July 1948, which provides healthcare for all UK citizens based on their need for healthcare rather than their ability to pay for it. It is funded by taxes. It is currently ranked 18th out of 190 countries for having the the worlds best health system. However, the NHS Scotland has a 15bn deficit that needs to be addressed as the service is over-stretched, underfunded and is having a negative impact on society. A Deficit means that an organisation outgoings are greater than its income. In the private sector, a sustained deficit would likely result in bankruptcy, however this doesn't happen in the NHS, instead a range …show more content…
A successful campaign should educated individuals about healthy practices, ultimately changing its target audience behaviour. Currently the Government has several campaigns covering health issues - Smoke free grounds, Alcohol Reduction and Eat better feel better. These push out a message to show how poor lifestyle choices affect the body. By rolling out these campaigns in schools, it should allow a knock on effect in future years. Decisions After careful consideration, there are many areas in the NHS where vast amounts of money could be saved and redistributed. It's my decision that Government should implement the following suggestions. Three positive courses of action to help reduce the NHS Scotland Deficit 1. Scrap NHS Free Prescription 2. Introduce a fine for missed GP or Hospital appointments 3. Implement more Health Campaigns 1.Scrap NHS Free …show more content…
It could be argued that if we sit back and do nothing NHS Scotland will collapse, without proper funding. One argument to support my recommendation can be seen in Source A which states NHS is wasting £31million a year on free drugs, with 2.7 million prescribed for paracetamol. This implies that painkillers can be bought from a shop or chemist for far less than the price the NHS pays when providing them on prescription. It is clear the the NHS has had to incur the cost of the drugs that would of otherwise been paid for by the patient, resulting in a huge increase in unnecessary GP visits, as patients make appointments for no other reason than to obtain a free prescription. This argument is supported by evidence from Source B which states On average it costs £4.04 to prescribe paracetamol, but can be bought over the counter for as little as 23p for 16 capsules. This emphasizes the fact that when the NHS is facing huge financial pressure, providing small quantities of these paracetamol on prescription is not an effective use of funds. Every time the doctor writes a prescription, the NHS incurs additional charges, through dispensing and administration fees, and if GP time is included the cost rises higher. From my own knowledge, by introducing a small charge for prescriptions would fundamentally allow us to fund additional 1000 nurses
There are now 92 of these – all regulated by Monitor, an independent regulator. Foundation Trusts are freed from central control and manage their own budgets. It is government policy to encourage all trusts to attain Foundation status.The NHS is funded primarily out of central taxation. Its total cost in 2005-6 was £76 billion.NHS Wales delivers emergency services known as primary, secondary, and specialist tertiary care services in England and Tier system in Wales. The Hospitals provide outpatient, inpatient, and accident and emergency facilities, and community hospitals run by General Practitioners. Specialist hospitals provide services such as burns units and plastic and cardiac surgery. This includes out of hours GP services, dental services, pharmacies, ambulance service, and sexual health services in the tier system. Community services included and providing services provided by community nurses, health visitors, midwives, and community-based speech therapists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. This is achieved through an integrated working partnership under the Welsh Mental Health Measure 2010 (Government,
“The NHS was created as one of the pillars of the welfare state, however, it was soon consuming a large proportion of welfare spending; this issue of cost has remained an important factor throughout the history of the NHS.”
This essay will examine the following statement in relation to reforms proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 “Funding and delivering high quality health and social care services is problematic to all governments irrespective of political persuasions” I will provide an overview of the bill and investigate through critical analysis recommendations in the Bill for clinically-led commissioning. This will enable me to illustrate the problems in delivering a high quality care service that is needed by the changing society and the challenges this causes policy makers who uphold the ideology of the NHS.
I believe that health promotion in Newham is very poor compared to other cities in London. This is due to the high level of obesity in the city. Therefore, the population of Newham city is overweight and this unhealthy according to the new figure recorded by public health England, indicated that 56.8% of the residents are over the normal body mass
The changes to health policy and the re-organisation of the NHS in recent years which has led to improve integrated governance, has all developed as a result of the catastrophic failings that occurred in Mid-Staffordshire healthcare Trust. The Secretary of State for health, Andrew Lansley, announced a full public inquiry to parliament on the 9th June 2009 into the role of the commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust (Midstaff inquiry online, 2013). This inquiry was led by Robert Francis QC, who proposed recommendations to ensure that similar events do not repeat in future. The Francis report made 290 recommendations which included improved support for compassionate, caring and committed care, as well as stronger healthcare leadership (Health Foundation Online, 2014).
NHS Choices. (2013). Health watchdog and authorities: CQC. [Online]. .GOV.UK. Available at: http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/healthregulators/Pages/carequalitycommission.aspx [Accessed 30 April 2014].
In America, it has become a battle to earn a high paying job to cope with the expenses of a typical American. It has become even more of a battle for some people to afford medical prescriptions to keep healthy. Health becomes a crucial issue when discussed among people. No matter what, at one point or another, everyone is going to stand as a victim of the pharmaceutical industry. The bottom line is Americans are paying excessive amounts of money for medical prescriptions. Health-Care spending in the U.S. rose a stunning 9.3% in 2002, which is the greatest increase for the past eleven years. (Steele 46) Many pharmaceutical companies are robbing their clients by charging extreme rates for their products.
The NHS was then finalised during 1948, the main role of the NHS was to reduce health inequalities throughout Britain, so that everyone could be treated the same way, whatever their finance stability, job status and location. They believed that this programme should have reduced inequalities throughout Britain. It was created by Aneurin Bevan and Edwin Chadwick but it was successful until the Prime Minister at the time who was Margaret Thatcher accepted the Bill through Parliament. The NHS included the Public Health Acts such as maternal and child welfare, availability for beds in hospitals and General Doctors in local areas. The NHS also included things such as Vaccinations and Immunisations and social work skills such as home helps and also
Has anyone noticed that there seems to be a drugstore being built on every corner these days? Revco, Walgreens, and Rite Aid seem to be just a few of the drug store chains that are expanding. One has to wonder if this has anything to do with the possibility of including medicine under coverage by healthcare systems. This means that they may become part of a capitated payment system to the pharmaceutical providers. "By capitation, we mean a prospective payment to physicians or providers - either individually or as a group - of a fixed amount of money to care for each patient (Pearson, 1998)." In other words, every physician is provided a set sum of money whether they see any patients or not and every pharmacy would be given money whether they prescribe any drugs or not. Drug costs will rise.
NHS Care in the Community Act 1990 (accessed on 06 April 2005) [Online] Available at: http: www.labour.org.uk/ourpolicies (accessed on 11 April 2005) Bibliography Bateman, N February 24 2005 Care in the Community ‘Poverty Rebranded’ (get who publishes this???? ‘Blair faces welfare test’ (1999)
NHS Scotland. (). Public (owing a duty of care). Available: http://www.advancedpractice.scot.nhs.uk/legal-and-ethics-guidance/accountability/public-(owing-a-duty-of-care).aspx. Last accessed 12th October 2012.
The target audience of this advertisement is everyone who smokes. The advertisement aims to explain the health and financial consequences of smoking. There is a wide range of ages of those who smoke and this advertisement aims to deter them from smoking. It also targets those who don’t smoke by making them aware of the effects of smoking as
Similarly, diverting the money from the monarchy to statutory areas such as health would greatly reduce the cuts made in hospitals across the UK. “More than 5,400 nursing posts have been cut since the coalition came to power, as NHS trusts tighten budgets in the wake of an unprecedented slowdown in health spending.” (The Independent, 2013). Money invested into the health sector would help to reduce waiting lists, increase the number of beds currently available resulting in better care for sick patients and would even save lives, as the money would be available to facilitate medical research.
We need to be more vocal with spreading this message out so that everyone is aware of the dangers of childhood obesity. TV ads, radio ads, and different forms of advertisement would help bring this message to everyone and people of all different backgrounds. This was a tremendous strategy that worked out for the tobacco industry and helping reducing teen smoking. If the community can get together and work on education each other and their children this would be great. It can help everyone know what they are eating and exercising enough.
- Organisation and Management of Health Care, April 2002, Version 2.0 , Main Contributor: Katie Enock, Public Health Specialist, Harrow Primary Care Trust www.healthknowledge.org.uk