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healthcare and nations like China, India, Brazil and many in the Middle East are looking to double their expenditure on healthcare over the next 5-10 years. At Healthcare UK, we think there is a great
opportunity to engage with those countries, government to government, to show them not only what the UK can do but to develop relationships where they can access the knowledge and capability of the NHS to enhance their healthcare system There has always been strong international interest
in the NHS but it was the Olympic Games in 2012, where the NHS was highlighted and Great Ormond Street Hospital showcased at the opening ceremony, which reinforced that it was accessible for training, education and the sharing of information. Healthcare UK was set up to help UK public
and private sector organisations to respond to the growing interest in the way we deliver healthcare in Britain. We launched in the Middle East at Arab Health in January 2013 and subsequently in China, India and Brazil. In every country we visit, Ministers of Health are looking to the UK for an exchange of expertise. We have signed MOUs with the governments of Brazil, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, China, as well as large provinces in China, and Mexico has recently asked for a renewal of one originally signed in 2002. China, in particular, thinks the way in which we
run our public health system, employ our doctors, train our staff, apply performance indicators, our transparency and the degree to which the public is engaged in the delivery of healthcare are aspects they wish to learn from. We recognise that we have evolved our healthcare
system to meet the particular needs of the British citizen and our unique cultural values. Of course, its impossible to simply transpose complex systems from one country to another – they need to be adapted. Every country is different and each culture
HOWARD LYONS
Howard has over 30 years’ experience of public and private sector healthcare throughout the UK and in more than 65 countries worldwide, advising on health services management and strategic health sector reform.
He spent the first ten years of his career working
in the NHS as a senior manager in London Teaching Hospitals. Since leaving the NHS to work in international healthcare with major British companies, he has managed large hospitals in the Middle East and undertaken a wide range of consulting assignments for public and private sector clients as well as for some of the leading development agencies such as the World Bank, Department for International Development, Inter- American Development Bank and the United Nations.
has a significant impact on the way healthcare is organised. For example, like the UK, a typical Chinese
hospital has a pharmacy with all the necessary western drugs but, unlike the UK, they will also have a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacy which is more like a small supermarket and is about 5 times the size of a typical pharmacy in the UK. China thinks TCM is a valid complement to allopathic medicine. It claims in support of that notion that the use of quinine in malaria treatment in China dates from the 4th century, long before its effectiveness was recognised by the west. The Chinese private sector has said it wants to validate traditional Chinese medicine in the UK and has asked for our advice. This is an example of where two countries can share knowledge and learn from each other. In our key markets, Healthcare UK is offering
British expertise in clinical services, education and training, infrastructure (PPPs), digital health and health system development. We originally used primary care as a focus because we knew that India, China and the Middle East rate our system of family medicine and community care very highly for its quality and value for money. Saudi Arabia is keen to run their primary care system drawing on UK expertise and we have helped to put together a consortium of about 25 different organisations to deliver a major project. In India, we conducted a project in Tamil Nadu to demonstrate what a British- style primary health care system would look like. Now we are expanding the primary care offering to cover clinical services such as oncology, radiotherapy, paediatrics and other specialities. Globally there is a shortage of healthcare
professionals. China requires a further half a million doctors to fulfill the OECD and WHO criteria for doctors per head of population. India is looking to train over 6m allied health professionals to build up their capacity. We also have a shortage in the UK but many people come from the EU to train because of our education excellence. They also come from China and India and we are a real magnet for most of the world from a training perspective. We work as closely as we can with British
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