QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE

The Quality of Healthcare in General Practice

The Quality of Healthcare in General Practice

Introduction

The healthcare organizations encounter competitive environment in which not just other organizations but the medical staff suppliers also have interests (such as, owning surgery centers which results in decreasing market share of the healthcare institution). This essay will include the detailed discussions on the quality of care in general practice, furthermore it will also present detailed information about couple of authors who have focused on this particular issue and carried out a study in order to find out factors through the data obtained from respondents. This essay will particularly be focusing on the article “Quality of Healthcare in General Practice” is written by Nick Godwin, Shilpa Ross and Alex Smith.

Discussion

A healthcare service consists of the application of professional knowledge and experience of building trust relationships (Weinberg, 2006, pp. 145). It should be designed for the appropriate needs of the person needing care. Quality of Health care services look set to move to a wide variety of providers from hospital and mental health trusts, to local authorities, social enterprises and the voluntary sector, further fragmenting both commissioning and provision. Given the loss in health care personnel over a number of years, where the NHS Commissioning Board, GP consortia, the national public health service and local authorities will find the expertise to commission effectively is a cause for concern (Smith, 2008, pp. 202).

The Author's Credentials

The author of the article Nick Godwin is a social scientist and has got his education in social health sciences from University of Southampton.

Author's Educational Background, Past Writings or Experience

Dr Nick Goodwin is a social scientist, academic and policy analyst with a specialist interest in investigating the organisation and management of primary and integrated health care.  Senior Fellow, the King's Fund and Co-Founder and Treasurer at International Foundation for Integrated Care United Kingdom; Health, Wellness and Fitness. He is also the Co-Founder and Treasurer at International Foundation for Integrated Care, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, Editor in Chief at International Journal. Previously, he was serving in Health Services Delivery and Organizational Research at London School as a senior lecturer in the domain of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The Author's Area of Expertise

The author's area of expertise involves social sciences and providing healthcare services in United Kingdom. Nick has published widely with more than 200 articles in professional and peer-reviewed journals. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Integrated Care and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Author's Association with Reputable Institution or Organisation

Currently, the author is associated with King's Fund; he is the responsible in leading a program on improving and integrating care for people with long-term conditions (LTCs). He has also been the project director of the Fund's Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England and of a three year Department of Health-funded project examining and developing the evidence-base for the application of Tele-health and Tele-care in LTC ...