Should the NHS be privatised? Potential merits and demerits of privatisation of the National Health Service

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Economy - Health Economics, , language: English, abstract: In 1948, the post-war Labour government in the United Kingdom (UK) initiated the National Health Service (NHS). The NHS initiative brought together the hospitals, nurses, dentists, clinicians and pharmacists under one organisation to deliver free public medical services at various points of delivery. Since then, the provision of medical care has been entirely free and primarily funded from taxation, as an act of faith by the British administration. Since then also, the NHS has become one of the central issues defining UK politics, where some argue that healthcare would be safer and more efficient if managed by the government as opposed to privatisation provisions. As a consequence, the contemporary NHS has become a different system, where both the public and the private sector provide healthcare. Typically, privatisation is used to describe the process or the act of transferring an industry from the public division, often overseen by the government, to the private segment. Thus, the aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the statement 'The NHS Should Be Privatised,' using an argumentative approach and taking into account economic as well as social factors.

Leonards has been a ghostwriter over the past ten years, working with a range of scholars and researchers on various projects. Drawing from this background, Leonards has gained profound experience in helping students to complete assignments and excel in their respective academic levels. She commits to writing high-quality, plagiarism-free, and content-rich papers using standard referencing techniques. Leonards has studied BSc.Ph; LRPM, and is currently taking BSc. in Public Health Nursing as a second degree. She is passionate about learning new worldviews from students, hence open to tailored interactions before, during, and after completing clients' projects.