Health Issues in Britain

Health-care system is very important for all around the globe. The vital problem of the health care is inequality which deprives people from standard health service. There are some regional, social, economic, and ethnic inequalities in UK.

In UK, Regional variation was the most considerable in availability of medical officer and treatment, but there were some exceptional picture in the industrial areas of Northern England and Wales in the years of 1970.There were fewer and older Hospitals where few hospital beds and inadequate doctor for higher patient during that time. As a result, the mortality rate was higher in the northern regions than in the southern regions of UK.

Social class is also a major cause of inequalities health care in Britain. The people who are poor in society hit harder by major cause of death. They suffer from ill more often and they die sooner. Besides, mental health’s such as anxiety and depression as well as suicide are also higher for poorer households. In additions, adults in lower social classes are to suffer from cancers, heart disease and respiratory disease. Higher social groups have got standard of health care more than lower social groups. As a result, health inequalities have been getting worse in the last twenty years. The report of United Nation (1998) criticized the UK for being an unequal society.

From the beginning of the NHS, equitable allocation of resources, especially between regions has been a challenge for policy makers throughout its history. They also gave inadequate attention for allocating resources in any region. That is why, the Resource Working Allocation Party started evaluating regional inequalities in health and ensured an equitable distribution of resources.

Health surveys for England show that Black and minority groups generally have worse health than overall population. For example, survey commonly indicates that Black and minority such as Asian or Asian British and Black or Black British report the poorest health, but White British get better health care comperatively with minority groups.