Healthcare in Great-Britain

Résumé du document

I chose two articles published on the Telegraph's website. They deal with healthcare in Britain. One is entitled "Record numbers go abroad for health?, and the other one "Health-care failings make the poor relation within Europe?. The first one was published on the 29th October 2007 and written by Patrick sawer and Laura Donnelly, and the second one was published on the 12th November and written by Mr Sawer also. Each week the British press deals with NHS's problems. The NHS, "National Health Service?, is the publicly funded health-care system of Britain which provides free care.

Extraits

[...] A Department of Health Official said almost half of patients were treated within 18 weeks of seeing a GP. But a recent report revealed that 15 per cent of British patients reported waiting six months or more for non-emergency surgery. This long wait for care is all the more important because of the opening hours and the need for improved medical technology per cent of GPs have stopped providing care for patients at evenings and weekends, and not enough surgeries are opened after working hours and on Saturday mornings. [...]

[...] The study reveals that the UK has the second-lowest health-care spending as a share of Gross Domestic Product. The results show that France has the highest level of spending on health-care per head of population. These figures also show that the UK has the lowest number of hospital doctors per 1,000 inhabitants and the lowest number of GP consultations per inhabitant. As for the length of GP consultations, France is the best. Finally France and Netherlands have the highest rate of private health insurance. [...]

[...] They deal with healthcare in Britain. One is entitled “Record numbers go abroad for health”, and the other one “Health-care failings make the poor relation within Europe”. The first one was published on the 29th October 2007 and written by Patrick sawer and Laura Donnelly, and the second one was published on the 12th November and written by Mr Sawer also. I decided to choose this subject after I saw a report on the french TV which treated of the lack of dentists in Britain. [...]

[...] But the British Medical Association points out that flying soon after surgery can cause complications. More generally patients are advised to take into account theuir fitness to fly. To conclude, a new reform of NHS is necessary. Some of the biggest improvements were made when competition was introduced. Recently Government planed to pay the private sector to build centres for diagnosis and elective operations. It's being abandoned in favour of a level playing field between NHS and non NHS providers, and extending patient choice to any hospital meeting NHS standards and prices. [...]