National standards and service models Standards will be set in five areas: Standard one - Mental health promotion Standards two -Primary care and access to services and three Standards four Effective services for people with severe mental illness and five Standard six Caring about carers Standard seven Preventing suicide The standards are realistic, challenging and measurable, and are based on the best available evidence. They will help to reduce variations in practice and deliver
The National Health Service (NHS) was founded in 1948 with the intention that healthcare should be available to all regardless of wealth (NHS constitution, 2013). When it was launched, it was based on three key principles: That it meet the need of everyone, That it be free at the point of delivery and that it be based on the clinical need, not the need to pay (NHS Constitution, 2013). 67 years later the NHS is facing a number of problems which threaten to overwhelm the NHS, ranging from an Ageing
Arguments In Favour Of Private Health Care? Privatisation is a word which is commonly used to describe the practice of medical patients 'going private' and paying for the services of GPs, hospital doctors or hospital provision, rather than using the NHS. Privatisation can also be used to describe the charge imposed for such health care services such as drugs, appliances, dentures and spectacles. There are many arguments which are in favour of private health care in Britain, such as that private
Health promotion is important in the prevention of diseases and negative health behaviours in the mass public. It cost’s the NHS a lot more to cure or treat the disease than it does to promote a healthier lifestyle. Health promotion is ‘the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health’ (Ottawa H.P. Charter). In the 1950s the world health organisation worked to get individuals interested in and educated about their own health. The building of healthy public policy is
This paper investigates the public expenditure programme on healthcare in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2013. In order to perform the roles assigned to it by its people, the government needs to collect resources from the economy and allocate and use those resources responsively, The National Health Service is split into four areas who each receive a different allocation of funding. The four areas are NHS England, NHS Wales, NHS Scotland and NHS Northern Ireland. Since 1999, there has been increasing
This continues to be a growing concern which increases the risks of contracting other health problems including heart disease and diabetes. The essay will cover the prevalence of obesity in the United Kingdom and the growing cost for the National Health Service (NHS). The group chose the Empowerment, Behavioural and Educational models and their approach to health and well-being improvement within nursing practice. Last, how the nurse has an important role in health promotion. As a group, we chose
government strategic concepts of valuing equality and diversity across population receiving health care have be examined. Child obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing Hillingdon PCT. This calls for a multi-agency collaboration between the NHS, local authorities, schools, workplaces, community and commercial enterprises in planning, delivering and maintaining a healthier borough and nation. Focus needs to be emphasised on prevention, as opposed to cure. Nurses need to play a more active
Scottish Patient Safety Programme and the Early Detection of the Deteriorating Patient The aim of this reflection is to discuss patient safety in an acute setting according to the Scottish Patient Safety Programme. I will be using a model of reflection, Gibbs Reflective Cycle to structure my essay (Gibbs 1988 cited in Paterson and Chapman, 2013). In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council identifiable information will not be written, maintaining confidentiality (NMC, 2010a). Description
The purpose of this essay is to introduce the history of the National Health Service (NHS) and how its formation derived from the early 1600s. It will analyse two current political issues that occur within the NHS, the postcode lottery and the reformation of the NHS, examining the positive and negative effects they have had. It will also discuss implications of regulations within professional practice and how they account for quality of care. Initially set up in 1601, the Poor Law Act was introduced
This assignment will endeavour to demonstrate the map of medicine as followed within the National Health Service for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). It shall discuss the current AAA screening programme being implemented across the United Kingdom to include the use of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography (CT) as imaging modalities in the demonstration of AAAs. Both the advantages and disadvantages of the modalities used during the diagnosis and treatment
Following such values means doing the right thing in the right way. We all have our own individual values that we adhere to and employer related ones we are expected to follow (The National Sills Academy, ?). In March 2011, the Department of Health published the NHS Constitution, which outlines the guiding principles of the NHS. This includes; respect and dignity and working together with patients (Department of Health, 2013). Geyman (1983) listed five requirements that must be fulfilled when caring
deaths and disabilities. They provide the population with information on any health related issues that are effecting the population or could possibly effect the population. They help to assess health training and also plan the health education programmes for example when people come into schools or colleges to talk about sex safe, drugs and alcohol these organisations are set up through health educators, they are educating
health care for all citizens, delivered by the government, and paid for taxes. Prior to the implementation of the National Health System (NHS) in 1948, health care in the UK was provided by a mixture of private, public and smaller community hospitals with sickness a primary cause of pauperism. The National Health Service With a budget of £40 billion, the stated mission of the NHS is “to improve Britons’ mental and physical health through health prevention and promotion and diagnosis and treatment”
ONLINE MBAN-609DE: ORGANAISATIONS & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 STUDENT NAME: FRANKLYNE IKEDIASOR STUDENT ID NUMBER: R1404D101379 DATE: 22ND OF OCTOBER 2014 TUTOR; DR. LEONIDAS EFTHYMIOU INTRODUCTION The design of the UK national health service brings with it challenges bordering on the number of staff required to provide services and most importantly designing criteria for selecting appropriate staff for the service. The service has to select and deploy efficient hands and
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treating depression in primary care. I am interested in this particular area of counselling as my impression is that it is currently the favoured form of counselling that is offered when people approach their GP for help. Currently the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom recommend CBT as the best talking therapy for treating a wide range of conditions (Barret, 2009). As part of the UK government’s Improving Access to Pyschological Therapies (IAPT) scheme there is an emphasis on using
This paper will evaluate the local, national and international drivers that have influenced the development of advanced nursing practice. The discussion will include the political, economic, social, and technological influences that have contributed to the transformation from the traditional nursing role to the numerous exciting advanced level career opportunities achievable in nursing today. Dynamics that have shaped my own current advanced nursing role will be discussed and to conclude some thoughts
order to approach and promote the well being of children. Further evidence is becoming available of more detailed analyses of the incidence of obesity by age, sex and geographical region. Using graph (i) below, produced for the National Child Measurement Programme from the NHS Information Centre (2009), we can see that the percentages of children falling into the “underweight”, “overweight” and “obese” categories remain generally stable over the three years reviewed, except that there was an increase
and organise sport-related projects, programmes, coaching, club development they look at those who want to get involved for fun as well as those who are interested in competing at all levels, from local to national and international. (goslingtennis, ) The main aim is to help participation levels around sport of all types, but they address issues of health, crime and social inclusion, working with companies such as: the NHS, schools, charities, sport national governing bodies (NGBs). Roles in which
social services in a single organisation. National Health Service (NHS) is the provider of healthcare to all citizens in England. At present many centres in the England are developing and conducting programmes to promote a multi-professional approach to working (Barr, 2002; Whittington, 2003). The NHS is steered by sequences of policies that are outlined by the Department of Health from time to time and has set up care trust which are partnerships with the NHS and the local council. Integrated working