The NHS Flashcards
What is the NHS
The NHS is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the uk
What are the 6 C’s (NHS core values)
- Care
- compassion
- competence
- communication
- courage
- commitment
Care
Helps individuals and improves health of community
Compassion
How care is given based on respect and dignity
Communication
Listening is as important as what we say
Competence
Those in caring roles must understand health and social needs
Courage
Enables use to do the right thing
Commitment
Being dedicated to a cause
When and who was the NHS founded by
Founded in 1948 by Aeuvin Nye Bevin
What are the three principal values of the NHS
1 - everyone’s needs should be met
2 - treatment should be free at the point of care
3 - based upon clinical need
How to answer the question why is a patients dignity important?
- dignity definition
- example
- mutual respect (we expect the same back)
- why it’s important for families
- why it’s important for the profession
Dignity
The patients right to be treated with respect
What are the 7 NHS constitutions
- 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
How to answer questions on the NHS
- 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
Example of a current issue
Aging population - chronic disease - BSMS
