I have been attempting to get some kind of understanding of the 400 pages of the Healtn and Social Care Act 2012. Structure of the NHS The NHS provides healthcare services to more than one million patients every 36 hours, and the vast majority of these services are free at the point of use for UK residents. In this article, I have covered why the NHS came about, how its structured in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary care, the leadership of the NHS and referred to the challenges facing the NHS. 1. Since 1948 they have been funded out of general taxation. More on this story. Competition and non-NHS Public health services 6. 2. It would take weeks at least to get to grips with it but if we are going to influence what happens to our NHS we need to understand it. Education and training 5. This course is relevant to those who are new to the NHS, managing a budget, operational staff and finance staff. Department of Health, NHS England, the King's Fund, the National Audit Office, the BBC, and the All Party Health Group. This course will consider what the NHS sets out to achieve as identified in the NHS Constitution and how the NHS is funded in England. NHS Wales: Why we are changing the structure The reorganisation of NHS Wales, which came into effect on October 1st 2009 created single local health organisations that are responsible for delivering all healthcare services within a geographical area, rather than the Trust and Local Health Board system that existed previously. Information is power. NHS 'on high alert during change' Published 27 September 2012. The structure of the NHS in England By Thomas Powell Inside: 1. Many people think that the NHS is a single organisation with a central recruiting team. Structure of the NHS in England . structure of the NHS in England including the . Department of Health. Related Internet Links. Safety of care 8. Access to treatment 4. Background to NHS reform. Overall structure of the new NHS in England. We have detected that you are using Internet Explorer to visit this website. How is the new NHS structured? As a result, NHS Digital no longer supports any version of Internet Explorer for our web-based products, as it involves considerable extra effort and expense, which cannot be justified from public funds. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 saw a statutory change in the structure of the NHS in England with the abolition of Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), along with the introduction of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). Local authority scrutiny and Health and Wellbeing Boards 7. Internet Explorer is now being phased out by Microsoft. The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Key learnings: • Commissioning and regulation of health services 3. It will consider the structure of the NHS and how it has evolved into its current form. Below is a simplified diagram showing the pre- and post-reform structure of the NHS in England. NHS Improvement • Brings together Monitor and the NHS TDA, along with: NHS England’s Patient Safety Team; the Advancing Change Team; NHS Interim Management and Support’s two Intensive Support Teams; and the National Reporting and Learning System • Oversees foundation trusts, NHS trusts and independent providers • Supports providers and …