Leading the way in modern healthcare
The NHS is at the forefront of service development and keen to share its expertise, says Professor Rory Shaw, Medical Director Healthcare UK
H
aving worked the majority of my career in the NHS, I continue to be impressed by the scope of the ambition. The NHS aims to offer all best modern treatment, to all
citizens, in all places, at all times. It offers a number of world-class institutions and a number of major medical breakthroughs each year, and it does all this for less than £8 per person per day. The NHS is a system for providing healthcare rather than a number of institutions. The system is characterised by three features. It is universal and offers care to all; it is organised with comprehensive planning and oversight; and it is integrated so that individuals can access multiple services from the system in a seamless manner. The independent organisation the Commonwealth
Fund based in New York compared healthcare systems in eleven developed countries, and
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documented in their 2014 report that the UK healthcare system was the best overall, in particular for quality, access and efficiency. The English healthcare system has four
component parts. The government provides the funds from the taxpayer and through the Department of Health sets overall policy. NHS England and a number of commissioning organisations then plan and commission services at a National, regional and local level. A broad range of providers, predominantly from within the NHS, deliver full range of services including primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, as well as community and mental health. The final components of the service are those organisations that set standards, monitor and regulate. These organisations provide assurance to the commissioners, the Government and the general public that the quality and the outcomes of
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