NHS ranked 'number one' health system

[Northerner]

The NHS has been ranked the number one health system in a comparison of 11 countries.

The UK health service was praised for its safety, affordability and efficiency, but fared less well on outcomes such as preventing early death and cancer survival.

The research by the Commonwealth Fund, a US think tank, looked at countries across the world, including the US, Canada, Australia, France and Germany.

The US came bottom.

It is the second time in a row that the UK has finished top.

Three years ago, when the survey was last done, the UK was also number one.

It comes despite the NHS being in the grip of the tightest financial squeeze in its history with lengthening waiting times.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40608253

Hunt is not entitled to even comment on this, after his constant attempts to undermine the service

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Well my ghast is flabbered 😱 as for Jeremy Hunt, we all know what his surname rhymes with......

 

[Bill Stewardson]

Oh God,,

A certain political party will ride the wave now,,

Obvious that the Land of The Free would be bottom, hold on to your hats people because the American way is becoming our way.

Be interesting to see a league table centred on health care for those who earn little or not at all amongst the same countries.

Also, pay scales etc and find out if the scope of the study included such things as GP appt waiting time, availability of Dentists, ambulance waiting times, costs to patients of X-rays after RTAs,,, costs of care homes,

Indeed where profits are or are not made, and if so, where they go ??

I'm not sure that number one ranking means much really.

I'd like to be wrong though.

 

[Amigo]

Not good for cancer patients though;

'The UK health service was praised for its safety, affordability and efficiency, but fared less well on outcomes such as preventing early death and cancer survival.'

The NHS don't run Care Homes incidentally. Not general Nursing Homes. They part fund nursing care or all continuing health care but they're all in the private sector.

 

[Bill Stewardson]

Not good for cancer patients though;

'The UK health service was praised for its safety, affordability and efficiency, but fared less well on outcomes such as preventing early death and cancer survival.'

The NHS don't run Care Homes incidentally. Not general Nursing Homes. They part fund nursing care or all continuing health care but they're all in the private sector.

So,, they take nothing from NHS budgets ??

The NHS has no care homes ?

 

[Amigo]

So,, they take nothing from NHS budgets ??

The NHS has no care homes ?

Yes the NHS contributes the nursing component to the fees for people in privately run Nursing Homes Bill and in some situations, people are eligible for what's called Continuing Health Care (which is getting harder to access!).
There may be specialist homes and even general ones owned and managed by NHS Trusts but I never came across one professionally in over 30 yrs in my area. There were all privately owned and all residential homes are privately owned and funded through the Local Authorities.

Most Councils no longer run in-house residential (or home care services) and have out-sourced them. That's when the problems started in my view.

 

[HOBIE]

Did this come out of a newspaper ? Its good news though 🙂

 

[Amigo]

Did this come out of a newspaper ? Its good news though 🙂

It's research carried out by the Commonwealth Fund. Wasn't made up by the Daily Mail! 🙄

 

[Bill Stewardson]

Did this come out of a newspaper ? Its good news though 🙂

I would like to see the data those findings are based upon.

Must be nigh on impossible to compare like for like.