International Healthcare policy

Approaches to health care policy creation

It is very important to develop and formulate health care policies in the country. But in Australia, government does not have too much involved in such policies. Rather than providing definite health services to users, it is much of a funding agency for the industry (Brooks, 2010). In order to working in the industry and managing operations, government provides finance to the public organisation. It controls health care systems and offers private health insurance to the local community. Thus it point out that government is the source of finance, it has important state in the formulation and execution of health care policies in the country.

This can also supported by National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA) 2011 as it demonstrates the role of government attributes and other legislative factors also play an important role. . In UK, National Drug Preference Alliance (NDPA) is the other organisation whose function in formulation of health care policies is being examined (DiClemente, Crosby and Kegler, 2009). The main motive of this corporation is to help in people towards self medication approach. It plays a vital role in the expansion and execution of various health care policies in relation to consumption of medicines in the country.

Assess the influence of funding on policy formulation

The government of UK pays a lot of attention to health care services and systems. Government and other regulatory bodies support every industry in terms of finance (Fawcett and et.al, 2000). National health care industry has become most famous all over the world because of many strict rule and regulations adopted in the country. These policies have been updated by 2013 so that they made an attempt to give new direction and new dimensions to the industry. To accomplish this target they pay more attention to Research & Development, so that they achieved new achievements in this sector through which users get better care and services (Frederiksen, Mäenpää and Hokka, 2008). They are being developed in a form that helps in to minimize overweight and people suffering from obesity problem in nation. Formulation of health care policy of the country requires finances and monetary support. If there is any deficit in the funds while formulation, then it can lead to make a critical situation. The government formed NHS, which looks after the industry and created different rules and regulations (Healy, Sharman and Lokuge, 2006).

Critically evaluate health care policy

To control self medication in the country NDPA (National drug prevention alliance) plays an important role, which is formed by government to support those people who are addicted to drugs and help them to leave this habit. It develops strict rules and regulations, and the government has declared consumption of non-prescribed drugs is prohibited. If anyone found to be using them has to pay a fine along with imprisonment for a fixed period (Jones and Genao, 2003). According to the survey by NDPA, there are lots of accidents take place in the recent times and results acquired in states that around 50% of road accidents occur due to over consumption of drugs.

The outcomes derived also reflect in that there is a need to bring in changes and design so that more strict norms can be implemented. NDPA support the government as well as the local community to overcome with this issue and make the world healthy (Liu, 2012). The organisation works under the assumption that almost all of the inhabitants take drugs. This way it can function even more efficiently & effectively. Most of the people consume un-prescribed drugs and believe that it is a status symbol. In order to improve their position in the society they think that they need to take drugs, and this can make good image in front of other people.

Impact of culture on health care

Culture states in about the behavior and ideas shared among society or individual (Nothhaft, 2010). In this fast moving and globalised world culture plays an important role and it is changing from area to area. In every nation there are so many people who are from different cultural background, traditions and cultures. In UK there are people from all around the world have made their resident. With increasing population and various cultures in the country it become hard for healthcare organisations and bodies to develop such policies that can treat all the people according to their culture. If the country gets success in developing such policies so it has a positive impact on health care policies (Sambrook and Stewart, 2013).

Majority of population of UK are from outside or from other country, in which most of them are working in hospitals and various other health care organisations. Due to this reason, it is very difficult for such businesses to train them about different aspects of healthcare and policies in the country.

Impact of society on health care

Apart from culture, society is another factor which has a very major impact on healthcare practices in the country (Varey, 2000). Healthcare policies and societal norms are inter-related or linked with each other. It is very much crucial for different service providers so that adequate action can be taken by users, as their health condition is a main factor that decides the development of any society. If the people are healthy and fit, they will work hard and thus help the culture to grow. UK is a developed country but then also large amount of drug is consumed by people which can lead to make it one of the unhealthy nations. To overcome with such issues the health care organisations have to work hard so that they stop this habit (Borland, 2010). In order to influence and restrict individual to consume illegal drugs they have to develop even more strict rules and regulations.

Attitudes towards healthcare

In order to influence the attitude of people government and NHS has to work together with proper measures. The users can only be influenced when service providers improve their way of taking care especially for children and senior citizens. On the other hand they also have to understand the behavior of drug addicts and encourage them to overcome with this habit (Bartholomew, 2006). There are different racial communities in the country, each and every has a diverse opinion towards healthcare organisations and practices. In order to take care and improve their physical condition they follow different set of rules and regulations. So it is very important that the staff members of such firm have the specialization and identify the proper way to perform their duty in an efficiently and effectively manner (Cozens, Firth and Booth, 2003).

Impact of culture and society on healthcare

Health is a cultural concept because society outlines how individual distinguish the world and own experiences. Healthcare in UK is extremely affected by the culture and society. Both have a significant impact on the working of an organisation. In a research it was noted that working of firms such as NDPA (National drug prevention alliance) mainly depends on the culture of society and attitudes of people (Fallon and Hausenblas, 2004). It mostly operates on the basis of what the current standards which are being followed by so many societies in the country. While go through different cultures and traditions, the organisation has to work hard to improve its working pattern which can help them to perform well.

On the other hand, it also assists the body in understanding why people are addicted to drugs (Fertman and Allensworth, 2010). So it can attain the ability to get rid of consumption of drugs right from the root. The culture also helps to determine how health care providers and users view health and illness. It also affects the heath in other ways such as: acceptance of preventive or health promotion measures and use of communication either directly or indirectly.

How healthcare policy is translated into practice

The government of Australian has to face many problems when they translating healthcare policies into real practice (Glasby, 2012). But when they work hard so they get positive response and can effectively take care of the people and help them to live a healthy life. It is also a very critical course, as if these legislations are not taken into consideration or implemented in the real world, then such organisations will not be able to tend to health related requirements of the people. All service providers are required to offer health service in fulfillment with all providing legislation and policy. Businesses need to examine all the features of policy implementation and ensure that they do not have any negative impact on this process (Jabnoun, 2009). There are so many different sources in which the organisations can transform policies into real practices such as training and development of the staff members, clinical pathways, guidelines and protocols, and etc.

organisations involved in healthcare on national and international level

Health care organisations are mainly divided into three categories: multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organisation. There are only few healthcare organisations that work at both national and international level and NDPA (National drug prevention alliance) is one of them (Kelly and Jones, 2013). It not only operates in the developed nations, but also in developing countries. In most of the poor countries, the firm gets financial support from local government. In such countries other international health care organisations also provide finance to this body. Other than this, NDPA assists the local authorities in finding out the amount of un-prescribed medications being used in the nation, but it also help in restriction it by encouraging and helping them to overcome with it. The organisation manages many seminars and sessions in which higher authorities and staff members of the company tell about the negative effects of drugs and its addiction (Mumby, 2012). They also inform them different ways through which they can reduce its consumptions and say no to it.

Structure of health care service delivery

In order to deliver its service to the users NDPA adopted a simple structure so that they can support more and more to their clients. The structure which is designed by the firm does not include too many layers or hierarchical levels through which any decision has to cross (Raymond, 2004). By performing effectively the organisation is extremely capable of taking care of health associated needs and demands of the users. They also able to recognize different practical obstacles and plan strategies to overcome with them. Some of such barriers comprise the likes of social and transportation issues. It is one of the main problems, and if the organisation is not able to solve such issues then will not be able to give its services to the daily users (Thorogood and Coombes, 2000). There are different ways through which they perform well and influence towards providing better outcomes.

Practical Barriers to provision of healthcare

In order to reach out to the target populations and serving well, organisations like NDPA has faced so many barriers. There are so many barriers but some of barriers are language related problems, culture and linguistic (Walsh, Stephens and Moore, 2000). In UK majority of the population is outsider and from different countries and backgrounds with various cultures and background. It has been observed that maximum number of people faces in critical issues because they are not able to understand local language and the various concepts on which they are working. Due to this many of the times it becomes an issue for the aligned parties to communicate their information effectively and exchange ideas (Doward, 2013). Without this they are not able to accomplish different ideas or opinions that are beneficial for them and it also has an important factor that gives quality health and service results.

Socio-political issues in promotion of public health

In this fast moving and globalised world it is very difficult to live in, there are so many different health and social issues have surfaced such as smoking, drinking, fatness, etc. This can affect a lot to the people health and these all collectively put forth a lot of pressure on structure of public health services (Bakar and Mustaffa, 2013). In the last few decades, societal norms also have undergone some great changes as societies have been broken down. This can affect negatively and promotion of health care services has become a complicated process.

Because of many reason health is political, its social determinants are open to to political interventions and which can affect and dependent on political actions. Other than this, the right to a living standard sufficient for health and well being is a feature of citizenship and a human right (Brooks, 2010). Ultimately, it requires power and is exercised over it as part of a huge economic, political and social system. For promoting public health it needs political awareness and struggle.

Impact of international campaigns

In this modern era, many international organisations make various promotional campaigns time to time in the industry, so that they can aware the people about different aspects related to wellbeing and health (DiClemente, Crosby and Kegler, 2009). The managers of such events use a particular framework so that they can attract more and more people and assists universal health care practices in their area. To make it more effective and useful local government also has passed some rules and regulations through which they can better incorporate the international healthcare strategies.

There are so many campaign manages to aware people about their health in which the organizers brief about the measures and precautions which has to be taken for a good health (Fawcett, and et.al, 2000). Campaign such as health for all, they provide a framework for a comprehensive strategy for change that comprises: addressing the structural, economic and social determinants of health, social mobilization and political economy based situation. The main aim of such campaign is to work towards the health and encourage people about the safety measures.

Role of Health Promotion in determining health care services

Promotion is very important tool through which service providers can improve health care services (Frederiksen, Mäenpää and Hokka, 2008). Health promotion is the process that enables people to increase to control over and to develop their health. In order to make easy health services and its quality that is very significant so that market promotional can be accomplished. Here, in attention need to be given on needs and demands of people associated with health services (Healy, Sharman and Lokuge, 2006).

The basic conditions and resources for health are shelter, peace, education, income, food and many others. Without all such things it is not possible to get healthy. In order to promote health and create supportive environment, there must be a link between people and the service providers. Health is influence by changing patterns of life, work and leisure (Jones and Genao, 2003). Health promotion makes living and working conditions that are safe, satisfying and enjoyable.

Identify the contemporary issues

In the recent past, health care industry in UK is going through a time where health and physical fitness of the people has negative influence. There are so many contemporary issues in which one such issue is rise in the numbers of cough cases (Liu, 2012). In the nation there are various people who are influenced and there has been decline observed in several cases where in children are suffering from range of diseases. Due to this reason it is very important for the authorities that they update healthcare services in the country.

Impact of the issues

There are so many issues in the health and social care and they have a very extensive impact on working of national health care system and policies (Nothhaft, 2010). Either it may be negative or positive. In order to solve such issues the government has to improve their delivery system by a substantial margin, so that they can treat the users and eliminate such illness and syndromes from the society. Promoting these policies in the culture has become of great importance through which the environment throughout the world is become protected and safe.

Practical responses to these issues

There are so many different sources through which the government can look to resolve the issues and expand a healthy culture in the country (Sambrook and Stewart, 2013). By public awareness the government can help the society to become healthy. Through this manner the country will be able to reach out to many users and tell them about the different health related issues and hazards. Other than this, if the organisation or government updating the health care policy in such way that they can treat or serve to more number of patients with increased efficiency and effectiveness.

Conclusion

This report discussed about the approaches to health care policy formulation and evaluates health care policy. It is very important for every country to design and formulate health care policies. Government of the country also plays a vital role by providing financial help to the se4rvice providers as well as people. NDPA is the organisation in UK whose work in examine the formulation of health care policies. The main aim of this organisation is to help those people who are addicted to drugs.

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