The NHS

Question 1

What is the NHS

Answer 1

The NHS is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the uk

Question 2

What are the 6 C’s (NHS core values)

Answer 2

• Care
• compassion
• competence
• communication
• courage
• commitment

Question 3

Care

Answer 3

Helps individuals and improves health of community

Question 4

Compassion

Answer 4

How care is given based on respect and dignity

Question 5

Communication

Answer 5

Listening is as important as what we say

Question 6

Competence

Answer 6

Those in caring roles must understand health and social needs

Question 7

Courage

Answer 7

Enables use to do the right thing

Question 8

Commitment

Answer 8

Being dedicated to a cause

Question 9

When and who was the NHS founded by

Answer 9

Founded in 1948 by Aeuvin Nye Bevin

Question 10

What are the three principal values of the NHS

Answer 10

1 - everyone’s needs should be met
2 - treatment should be free at the point of care
3 - based upon clinical need

Question 11

How to answer the question why is a patients dignity important?

Answer 11

• dignity definition
• example
• mutual respect (we expect the same back)
• why it’s important for families
• why it’s important for the profession

Question 12

Dignity

Answer 12

The patients right to be treated with respect

Question 13

What are the 7 NHS constitutions

Answer 13

• provides a comprehensive service to all
• access to NHS is based on clinical need not ability to pay
• aspires to the highest standards of excellence and professionalism
• must reflect needs and preferences of patients families + carers
• works together across organisational boundaries and partnership with other organisations
• committed to providing beer value for taxpayers’ money and most effective use of finite resources
• NHS is accountable to the public and open to scrutiny

Question 14

How to answer questions on the NHS

Answer 14

• know 6c’s linked to personal example
• understand the background of the NHS
• know 3 key principals
• how it’s evolved into the further principals

Question 15

Example of a current issue

Answer 15

Aging population - chronic disease - BSMS

Question 16

Competence example

Answer 16

Higher modern studies award

Question 17

What are the three main issues on aging

Answer 17

• elderly people are at a greater risk of developing disease particularly chronic disease.
• chorionic disease puts people at risk of other complications and disease meaning the sick get sicker
• older people with more diseases are harder to treat successfully which makes older patients some of the hardest patients to treat in medicine

Question 18

What are quality adjusted life years

Answer 18

Quality adjusted life years are a measure of years lived in good health. One QUALY is equal to one year in perfect health

Question 19

Polypharmacy

Answer 19

Older people tend to be on more medications and taking medications isn’t risk free it comes with side effects drugs may interact with one another having negative effects

Question 20

Availability of community and social care

Answer 20

Lots of people needing high levels of community support means that services are very busy working with a limited budget can be difficult to ensure everyone gets the care they need.

Question 21

Multi morbidity and chronic disease

Answer 21

Older patients are more likely to get lots of diseases at the same time which makes them harder to treat successfully and causes complication s

Question 22

Attitudes to health

Answer 22

Different generations may have different attitudes to health eg elderly patients can sometimes think that stopping unhealthy behaviour such as smoking is pointless as damage has already been done

Question 23

Drug related deaths

Answer 23

Deprivation and inequality create difficult conditions in which people live, and problematic drug use is commonly a sign of these complex social circumstances. The number of people living with, or dying from, drug use is 17 times higher in our poorest areas compared to the wealthiest.
The loss of life, particularly amongst those aged 35-55 years, means that drug-related deaths are impacting on overall life expectancy trends for Scotland and are exacerbating health inequalities.
Addressing wider social inequalities, for example in housing and employment, as well as tackling poverty, therefore plays an important role in the prevention of problematic drug use and associated harms

Scotland’s drug-induced death rate is the highest in Europe based on the latest available data. At 27.7 per 100,000, it is almost three times higher than the next highest country, Ireland.