HEALTH INEQUALITY

NHS And Impact on Health Inequality

NHS And Impact on Health Inequality

Introduction

Health depends on several factors, including the biological factors, environmental factors, food and livelihood. In other words, it can be regarded as a function of the health and well-being. Just a few of the issues that cause disease are directly "health"; rather, they are the "welfare State". When, in the nineteenth century, the main cause of poor Chadwick as poor health, his response was to improve sanitation, not to make more extensive medical assistance. Most of the diseases in the world are due to poor water or food. "Health", it is best described as medical services.

Inequalities in Health

There are clear differences in poor health, and social class. Data from the UK show that people in lower social groups, including children, suffer from infectious and parasitic disease, pneumonia, poisoning and violence. Adults in lower social classes more often also suffer from cancer, heart diseases and respiratory diseases.

There are several possible explanations for these disparities.

Artefact explanation. "Health" and "social class" category are artificially constructed taking into account the social organization.

Natural and social choices. This will depend on what people that fit most likely to succeed in society and classes reflect this degree of choice.

Poverty diseases through food, housing and the environment.

Cultural and behavioural explanation. There are differences in diet and fitness different social classes, and in certain habits such as smoking.

Often there are significant inequalities in access to health care according to social class. This problem becomes as Tudor Hart, once called the "inverse care law"; these people are the least worst of health services (Acheson, 1998, 17). Development of health care in Great Britain in the 19th century was mainly private or voluntary. However, the disease is a major cause of poverty and ill organs began to develop the "Emergency" for ill people. The number of Emergency is very rapidly since the founding of the Council of local authorities, due to the influence of centrally from a doctor.

Demand for health was primarily to resist giving deliberate stamp of beggars, of which the main legal effect is deprived of the right to vote. A few people who became a beggar was voting, but since the extension of the franchise in 1867 and 1884 have increased dramatically. In 1885, was repealed a law requiring people to poor health before use (Berkman, 2000, 65).

Before 1948 health services were mainly based on three sources:

Charity and voluntary sector.

Private medical services. Hospitals have been paid or voluntary contribution; First aid was paid or insurance.

The rights of the poor and the local authorities. Act bad hospitals were handed over to local authorities for the poor Act, 1930.

They were single when THE NHS was established in 1948 (Berridge, 2003, 57).

Health Care

Although health care generally contributes little to reduce disparities in health care is often the main mechanism for implementing policy. However, the National Health Service (NHS) is the Centre of gravity of UK health ...