Uk Health Policy Essay

ABSTRACT
The government of the United Kingdom substantially oversees most government activities, some of the activities they oversee is making sure that efficient and suitable Health care is available for its citizens a country with healthy is always a prosperous nation and in other to be able to provide good health care ,policies will have to be made. Health policy is provided with the help of a good policy making process
This paper will help to understand all levels of influence in the policy making process of the United Kingdom health policy. It also demonstrates the role of ideology in social policy and how the ideologies are conceived, implemented and the impact they have on the UK Health Care system and outcomes.
This paper explores recent trends in monitoring and evaluating policy influence and advocacy. It also demonstrates how

Before I discuss in full the role of influence and drivers of ideology in the policy process in the Health Care sector, let me fully elaborate what Health policy is all about.

WHAT IS HEALTH POLICY

Blakemore and Griggs (2007) define health policy in two ways:
As the efforts made by the government to improve health through both services and medical treatment
As any activity undertaken by the government that affects health and illness
They argue that on wider perspective our social and environmental influences on what happens to us in the doctor’s surgery or hospital are reflected in government policy.
There are a lot of factors in health care which brings about change, when these changes come, policies will have to be made, and some of the factors are:
=Economic factor: is it affordable
=Social