The NHS and UK health system Flashcards
What post-WWII report provided the blueprint for the welfare state?
the Beveridge Report
Who was the founder of the NHS?
Aneurin Bevin
When was the NHS founded?
1948
What are the 3 founding values of the NHS?
1) universality
2) free at the point of delivery
3) equitable
True or false: while hospital doctors are employees of the NHS, GPs are private buisnesses
True
What event prompted Bevan’s reignition as health secretary?
introduction of perscription charges
In what year did the Internal Market come into fruition? (Thatcher Government)?
1989
What was the aim of the Internal Market?
to decentralise decision marking and introduce competition with the state become a purchaser rather than a provider
Name two infrastructural changes brought about by the 2012 Health and Social Care act:
1) establishment of NHS England
2) establishment of CCGs
What does CCG stand for?
Clinical commissioning group
What was the role of CCGs? (have since been replaced)
body of GPs in local area with influence over commissioning decisions over their patients
What is the role of NHS England?
oversees budgeting and planning of the NHS
Give the 4 priorities of the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan:
1) prevention, population health and health inequalities
2) prioritises cancer, CVD, maternal and neonatal health, mental health, stroke, diabetes and respiratory care
3) more funding for primary and community care
4) aim to reduce pressures on A&E departments
True or false: the numbers of beds used in the NHS is rising
false
True or false: the number of NHS GPs is gradually decreasing
True
