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Unit 12 Health And Social Care Essay

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reduce the number of people they are able to support. Adult social care is subject to both needs assessment and means-testing. A needs assessment is carried out by a local authority to determine the level of risk a person has. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is the most extensive legislation guiding the field within the UK. (Roscoe 2017&)
Britain: Britain’s £57billion a year spending on health care falls well below the European average. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) figures show that in 1998 Britain spent just 6.8% of its gross domestic product on health, (Public sector spending on health here is 5.7% of the GDP, with private sector expenditure making up the remaining 1.1 per%) compared to the European average of 7.9 %.
Britain spends an average of £1,510 per head of population on health - some £300 below the average for the rest of Europe. The UK spent 9.8% of its GDP on health care in 2009 and by 2014 it dropped to 9.1%. (Ebbinghaus 2012)
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France: France Spends 9.3% of its GDP on health through the social insurance contributions. Workers pay about 13% of their income as tax specifically to pay for their health services, but many have top-up private medical insurance.
The public sector spending on health in France accounts for 7.1% of GDP with the private sector adding …show more content…

Defining national strategy is the duty of The Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, and Women’s Rights. The state has become increasingly involved in controlling health expenditures funded by statutory health insurance (SHI) in the past 20 years .proper regulation and planning within the adult care sector involves negotiations between the state, providers, and the SHI (statutory health insurance).the outcome of this negotiations is what is translated into laws by the parliament .the government is responsible for allocating budgeted expenditure as well as setting national strategy. (Ebbinghaus

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