NHS

Question 1

2 FUNCTIONS

Answer 1

Commissioning

Providing services

Question 2

BUDGET

Answer 2

80% funding from GENERAL TAXATION

20% from NI contributions, prescription charges, land sales, fundraising

Question 3

NHS ENGLAND

Answer 3

Commissions PRIMARY CARE
Gps
Dentist
Pharmacists
Some specialist care

Question 4

CCGs

Answer 4

CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUPS
Commission SECONDARY CARE

Planned hospital care
Ambulance Services
Mental health units

Primarily GP LED
Responsible for around 60% NHS budget
Commission SOME primary care - issues

Question 5

NHS TRUSTS

Answer 5

Principal secondary care PROVIDERS

Hospitals, ambulance, NHS mental health service providers

Question 6

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND

Answer 6

Promotes healthier lifestyle by funding public health initiatives

Councils use pHE finance to commission services like sexual health clinics, weight loss programmes

Question 7

NHS REGULATORS

Answer 7

CQC - Inspects Gps surgeries, hospitals, care homes and grades them
Can FINE providers for failing to meet standards

HEALTHWATCH ENGLAND - patient-led, one in each upper-tier authority in England

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE - approves drugs and treatments and publishes national health guidelines

Question 8

POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS

Answer 8

Directly elected representative - holds police forces to account

Elected by public - 4 year term

Set budget, can hire and fire chief constables, plan policing priorities, respond to public feedback