Health Care System The United Kingdom Of Great Britain...

health care system is defined as a group of people joining together to deliver health care services to a population. There are various types of health systems with different organizational structures. England is one of the top ranked countries providing best healthcare. Its health systems has developed according to its population needs and resources. This paper will give a brief summary outlining current health care issues in England and illustrate an understanding of the political, economic, and cultural factors of its health care system based on current facts like the history and current health care statistics. England is one of four countries making up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. According to Global health†¦show more content†¦The Department of Health is primarily responsible for the Public health; its primary care funded to provide in public health care services in various ways such as Community health clinics, NHS walk-in centers, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. Also, there is a NHS-funded secondary care provided by salaried specialist doctors, nurses, and other government health care professionals. A small private division along the NHS, is funded through private insurance, direct payments from patients. The country has more acute-care hospital beds per capita and less deaths related to surgical or medical mistakes (Boyle, 2011; Mossialos, et. Al, 2015). Budgets for public health are monitored by local government authorities. With the 2012 Act, health and wellbeing panels were established to expand management of local services and decrease hea lth disparities. In 2012, England spent about 9.3 percent of GDP on public health care, and about 84 percent on the NHS. Their funding come from general taxation, and a small proportion from national insurance. Also, NHS receives income from copayment from the private patients. The Health and Social Care Act established in 2012 to the new NHS England funded to sustain and monitor the general budgetary control and, along with accountability for setting diagnosis-related group rates for provision of NHS services (Grosios, et al, 2010; NHS, 2014). According to research studies, the National Institute for