China s Health Care System - 1585 Words

According the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, â€Å"everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself†¦ including†¦medical care.† Although it is universal right, is quality health care easily accessible throughout the world? Britain, a developed nation, provides citizens with universal health care under the NHS (National Health Care System). This system has led to long wait times for patients and inadequate quality of care due to an excess of patients and a decline of doctors. Mongolia’s developing health care system grants citizens primary health care. However, due to Mongolia’s disperse and nomadic populations, citizens in rural areas do not receive the same health care†¦show more content†¦However, due to a shortage of doctors and overflow of patients, the NHS struggles to provide health care. Having to treat many patients a day, doctors are overworked. Thus, many d octors are leaving Britain in search of a better work-life balance (Cooper). This decrease of doctors is increasing wait times for patients. Only 5% of ER patients in British hospitals are treated within four hours (Barker). Doctors are so overworked that they are becoming a threat to their patients. The Mid Staffordshire hospital had 400 – 1,200 patients die between January 2005 and March 2009 due to neglect associated with doctors’ fatigue and overload (Atlas). Furthermore, NHS rationing has led to regulation of drugs. Britain has a low use of cancer drugs and a low cancer survival rate, calling to question their drug distribution. Some believe that this rationing is to limit expenses, due to the many cancer patients the NHS must treat (157, Merino). In a response to staff shortages, the NHS has hired 3,000 oversea doctors. This dependence on foreign trained doctors has led to financial pressures from difficulty in recruiting and preserving a permanent staff (Campbel l). In order to develop permanent staff, the NHS must increase incentives for health care workers, such as higher pay and benefits, to encourage more careers in health care. After the Mid Staffordshire Hospital scandal, the NHS made 290 recommendations for