Health Care In The Uk Flashcards
What are the two types of avoidable mortality?
Preventable and treatable mortality
What is amenable mortality?
Deaths from a collection of diseases that are potentially preventable from effective health care
What are the categorises of avoidable mortality?
Circulatory system
Respiratory system
Drug and alcohol
Children and young people
What are examples of the preventable diseases
Diabetes, heart disease, smoking
Done by healthy diet and exercise
Examples of treatable diseases
Asthma and cystic fibrosis
What might influence the strategies and policies of healthcare in local authorities?
Ethnicity, culture, age , wealth, poor housing
What are the benefits of countries having similar healthcare governance?
Health care workers can move to another country already knowing policies.
Won’t have to worry about insurance.
Shared technology and resources.
Learn from each other and save lives.
What are the downfalls for countries having similar healthcare governance?
Ignoring there own data.
Countries different views due to religion.
Countries different wealth.
What similarities might various countries want to achieve in health care.
Hello reduce mortality rate to ease pressure on their health care services
What were the primary objectives of the health and social care act 2021?
To improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients.
To reposition the mode of provision so that health service provisions becomes more patient centred and facilitated choice
How is the medical clinical care in NHS broken down?
Primary, GPS
Secondary, hospitals
Tertiary, specialist
What is the NHS constitution?
Sets out rights for patients, public and staff for what their entitled to.
Outlines nhs commitments to ensure that the nhs operates fairly and effectively.
What are the nhs constitution principles?
- Available to all
- Access to services for free
- High standards of excellence and professionalism
- Patients at heart of everything
- Nhs works across organisational boundaries.
- Best values for tax payers money
- Accounts led to public that it serves
What are the NHS constitution values?
- Working together for patients, making sure they are number 1 priority.
- Respect and dignity, valuing every person and take what they say seriously.
- Commitment to quality of care, striving to get basic care and ask for feedback.
- Compassion, to respond with humanity and kindness.
- Improving lives, helps patients quality of life by using your professionalism.
- Everyone counts, no discrimination.
What are the NHS constitution rights?
- Access to health services
- Quality of care and environment
- Nationally approved treatment and drugs
- Respect consent and confidentiality
- Informed choices
- Involvement in your health care and nhs
- Complaints and redress