In a 2014 report by the Commonwealth Fund ranking developed-country healthcare systems, the United Kingdom was ranked the best healthcare system in the world overall and in the following categories: Quality of Care (i.e. effective, safe, coordinated, patient-oriented), Access to Care, Efficiency, and Equity.
Each NHS system uses General Practitioners (GPs) to provide primary healthcare and to make referrals to further services as necessary. Hospitals then provide more specialist services, including care for patients with psychiatric illnesses, as well as direct access to Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments
The money to pay for the NHS comes directly from taxation. The 2008/9 budget roughly equates to a contribution of £1,980 per person in the UK. Nearly 10% of GDP is spent on health mostly in public sector .
Key feature
- Cost Effective :- In England and Wales, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) sets guidelines for medical practitioners as to how various conditions should be treated and whether or not a particular treatment should be funded. These guidelines are established by panels of medical experts who specialize in the area being reviewed.
- Prescribed Drug :- In a sample of 13 developed countries the UK was 9th in its population weighted usage of medication in 14 classes in both 2009 and 2013. The drugs studied were selected on the basis that the conditions treated had high incidence, prevalence and/or mortality, caused significant long-term morbidity and incurred high levels of expenditure and significant developments in prevention or treatment had been made in the last 10 year
Challenge
- Funding - Some 60% of the NHS budget is used to pay staff. A further 20% pays for drugs and other supplies, with the remaining 20% split between buildings, equipment, training costs, medical equipment, catering and cleaning.
Since 2010, there has been a cap of 1% on pay rises for staff continuing in the same role. Unions representing doctors, dentists, nurses and other health professionals have called on the government to end the cap on health service pay, claiming the cap is damaging the health service and damaging patient care.[33] The pay rise is likely to be below the level of inflation and to mean a real-terms pay cut .
Effect of Brexit :-
The plan to exit the European Union will affect physicians from EU countries, about 11% of the physician workforce.
India is 2nd largest populated country in world also with more than 50% below poverty line and hence effective medical care should be given utmost importance . However in India the amount allocated is less than 5% of budget
Health care facilities are generally present in Tier2 and Tier 3 cities mostly owned by private sector which charge twice thrice of actual amount example - Recently a child of 7yrs died due to dengue in Fortis hospital and the care cost was almost 1600% . This raises alarms for every Indian citizen .
India has highest neo mortality rate , cardiac arrest and diabetic cases which needed to addressed by Targeting specific disease and providing cost effective system in public health care .
India faces lack of physician , ratio is 1 in 1700 patient which is much lower as global ratio, hence more physical need to be added .
To tackle all issue India need to adopt effective health care system similar to NHS OF UK
In a 2014 report by the Commonwealth Fund ranking developed-country healthcare systems, the United Kingdom was ranked the best healthcare system in the world overall and in the following categories: Quality of Care (i.e. effective, safe, coordinated, patient-oriented), Access to Care, Efficiency, and Equity.
Each NHS system uses General Practitioners (GPs) to provide primary healthcare and to make referrals to further services as necessary. Hospitals then provide more specialist services, including care for patients with psychiatric illnesses, as well as direct access to Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments
The money to pay for the NHS comes directly from taxation. The 2008/9 budget roughly equates to a contribution of £1,980 per person in the UK. Nearly 10% of GDP is spent on health mostly in public sector .
