NHS Role in Reducing Health Inequalities 第二部分
Creating Intensive Public Awareness
NHS can start initiate such programs through intensive campaigns that request for public assistance in the processes of eliminating inequality (Dorlin, 1999). Inequality is often equated to human rights violations. This statement or knowledge can have replicating effects to other stakeholders in the healthcare systems whether in the private, public or other related sectors. Health campaigns is one of the best available method through which NHS can learn to acquire support in initiating progressive health programs intended to eliminate inequality in the sector (Raphael, 2012). Moreover, the popular culture of social media has made it possible and easier for many organizations to relay messages to larger populations than before. This system of campaigning is effective and cheaper for NHS to publish and distribute information to the public.
Another approach that could be taken by NHS in ending inequality in the healthcare system is by collaborating with educational systems (Raphael, 2012). This is an important approach that could help educate the young population on essential health practices that can help improve their health. Despite the fact that this approach is deemed to be slow in addressing the issue of inequality in the healthcare sector, it has long term consequences of preventing and controlling the occurrences of some chronic diseases. Chronic disease constitutes the largest population having problems accessing healthcare (House of Commons, 2008). Through effective educational curriculum systems that address issues of health, NHS could as a result end up addressing many healthcare problems, inequality being at the top of the list.
Assessing health programs
There are current intervention programs that help address health issues particularly to the minority groups. In this regard, there is a need of assessment that would determine their level of effectiveness in addressing their core objectives (NHS, 2008). Recently, there has been introduction of a few costs that could pose as a barrier to some patients. It is important to underscore that such costs relate on personal or individual levels. NHS could therefore play a leading role of assessing and determining such barriers that result to health inequality (Raphael, 2012). This health body can do that by helping the healthcare systems develop assessment programs that detect possible flaws that lead to inequality. In addition, such costs could be done away with altogether, to ensure that a larger number of people are able to access healthcare despite their level of income or any other barrier that can be dealt with.
Relevant Partnerships
NHS could form partnerships with many other stakeholders that could help end the problem of health inequality (Fritzel and Lundberg, 2007). This process is effective as those partnerships ensure that enough resources are pooled together for a common purpose. Team building is an important technique that helps many organizations attain their objectives or goals. When organizations work together, there is effective management in all strategic planning activities.
The core business of NHS board is ensuring that main objective of the organization such as health improvement is attained. The board is wholly responsible for the entire process of strategic planning as well as resource allocation (NHS, 2008). The leading cause of inequality in any environment is poor systems of resource allocation that are mainly characterized by discrimination or bias (Fritzel and Lundberg, 2007). Therefore NHS is tasked with ensuring that there exists an oversight body that ensures that resource allocation is done fairly and justly. This is an internal organizational body of self-regulation that will ensure that NHS will not stray from its core objective of protecting the policy of equality in the heath sector.
Reorganizing NHS
Other internal measures that can help maximize the effectiveness of NHS in the healthcare sector is having a functional non-executive board, it is important to understand that if the organization has an ineffective working environment, the realization of equality in the healthcare program could be an illusion (Raphael, 2012). The main functions of the non-executive members of the NHS board range from offering recommendations that balances national policies to the local needs as well as demanding responsibilities (NHS, 2008). When one observes closely, the non-executive board plays a major role in ensuring that the organizational objectives are met. In addition, it is clear that they are wholly responsible to the local heath needs such as ensuring that there healthcare is equally accessed. Therefore, there is a great need of having fully functional non-executive board members of the NHS, who effectively carry out their duties and responsibilities. Having a fully integrated organizational structure is one main method that NHS can help tackle the problem of inequality (Fritzel and Lundberg, 2007).
Conclusion
Lastly, it is important to keenly investigate the entire landscape where NHS board works with the investigation focused on the policy enforcement through the inequality lens that will help avert inequalities. During the processes of such important functions such as strategic planning decision in the NHS, it is important to ensure that all decisions that are made have no negative impacts that may result to health inequality. It is important for the NHS to prioritize all services that are considered significant in the healthcare system.
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