What is NHS Prescription?

May 25
08:16

2011

mehboob talukdar

mehboob talukdar

  • Share this article on Facebook
  • Share this article on Twitter
  • Share this article on Linkedin

Since its launch in 1948, the NHS has grown to become the world’s largest publicly funded health service. It is also one of the most efficient, most egalitarian and most comprehensive.

mediaimage
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}

NHS Prescription Services has previously been known as the Prescription Pricing Authority,What is NHS Prescription? Articles and as the Prescription Pricing Division. Now it is National Health Service.

NHS Prescription Services is the largest organizational component of the NHS Business Services Authority, a special health authority of the National Health Service in England. Its primary function is to determine the reimbursement and remuneration due when prescriptions are dispensed outside hospitals anywhere in England. Detailed information, collected when prescriptions are processed for payment, is then made available to organizations within the NHS, to support management, planning and governance activities.

The NHS remains free at the point of use for anyone who is resident in the UK. That is currently more than 60 million people. It covers everything from antenatal screening and routine treatments for coughs and colds to open heart surgery, accident and emergency treatment and end-of-life care.

Although funded centrally from national taxation, NHS services in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are managed separately. While some differences have emerged between these systems in recent years, they remain similar in most respects and continue to be talked about as belonging to a single, unified system.

The most common services provided by NHS are Emergency and urgent care, Hospital services, Dental services, GP services, Eye care, Pharmacies, Social care services, Mental Health services.

Let’s talk about its performance. It is difficult to measure the efficiency of healthcare systems. The NHS Prescription, like other healthcare systems, has never consistently and systematically measured changes in its patients’ health. As a result, it’s impossible to say exactly how much the nation's health improves for each pound spent by the NHS.

In the UK life expectancy has been rising and infant mortality has been falling since the NHS was established. Both figures compare favorably with other nations. Surveys also show that patients are generally satisfied with the care they receive from the NHS. Importantly, people who have had recent direct experience of the NHS tend to report being more satisfied than people who have not.

The NHS is changing, to give you more choice about your healthcare. Choice gives you the ability to make positive changes to improve your health. But choice only works when you have the information you need to make the decision that’s right for you.