The Structure of the NHS - SIMPLIFIED

Hey, I'm a GP in Thailand, Your video is so helpful for initiating my knowledge of the UK NHS. Thank you very much, Dr.Ollie.

Wow so happy I bumped into you Dr Ollie, I have an interview coming up in Jan and this was very helpful!! :)

Hey Dr. Ollie. Thank you for this breakdown, maybe you could do another video looking at the intersectionality of the care agencies and the NHS, the role of domiciliary carers and how they, the carers, work with and alongside the NHS for patient care and support.

I’m a Pharmacy student, yet I’m glad I’ve come across your channel. Great content. 🤝

Great video Dr. Ollie but can this be updated since CCGs have been replaced now by ICBs?

Dr. Ollie, thank you for this brilliant video! It was so straightforward and easy to understand!

Really helpful! I have an interview coming up (not as a practitioner, but analyst), so thank you. Also, it would be great if you could do a video on what hospital trusts are, as there aren't any of those on Youtube.

The best video on the NHS I've ever watched. Thank you.

Hey Dr. Ollie. I am from California, and yes I constantly hear how our healthcare system is terrible here in the US. We all know this too, haha. I'm taking a class on healthcare policy and my assignment is to compare the NHS to the US Healthcare system. Thanks for breaking it down into a simple mainstream explanation. I had no understanding how NHS worked, but I do now thanks to your video. I wish we would adopt a similar system to yours, but the Affordable Care Act, despite its flaws has been the best of the worst we have been. Take care!

Hey thanks for the wonderful video! Could you explain the new Integrated Care board/ system that has been adopted? How did it replace the CCG? Which organisation commissions general practise?

Hey Dr Ollie, just began as Macmillan's Engagement Lead in Scotland. Although you've covered England, I've found this to be a great video to learn from

I’m a 47 year old former PCN CD. Yeah, watching and learning here. Ok- watched the video. A great video for someone who gets to the interview stage after the usual exaggerations on a UCAS form. The jobbing GP never could really influence policy at CCG level. Only a core of usual suspects at local level, pulling levers to ensure their practices thrived while others suffered. And don’t get me started on the CQC. The unilateral enforcement by NHSE of the new contractual demands on General Practice will worsen the GP haemorrhage. And one has to really ask if the NHSE demands conflict with the care and duties of a doctor through the GMC. Yes, get to med school. Get crapped on in the ward rounds and get drunk at the bar. Qualify- get through basic jobs and LEAVE THE UK. While the govt is in charge of policy on free healthcare at the point of delivery, being a British doctor will be akin to servitude. It’s a great job. And it will never be recognised by politicians

This is absolutely brilliant. I am hoping to use this with our staff to help them understand better the basis and plans for the move into the ICS. Thanks so much.

Thank you for this!

Great video! Why does the registered nurse and hospital doctor have to be from outside the area?

very informative , educative and inspiring

It is now eight years since health & social care was delegated to Greater Manchester with a £6.3bn budget. The concept of delegation is that there is some responsibility is given to GM to manage that money. Normally, when organisations come together their immediate objective is to seek quick wins and then seek synergies to save money to plough back to improve services and increase pay. There should also be an obligation to report back to Greater Manchester residents yet we have not received performance reports. We must remind ourselves that Greater Manchester had a referendum on whether we would like to have a Mayor and the Labour majority voted against and one was imposed the Mayor and we now have Andy Burnham. Attention needs to be drawn to the fact that in the City of Manchester the councillors are all Labour except two Greens and one Liberal Democrat – no Conservatives! Whilst most councils are twinned with European cities and towns, the City of Manchester had links at the beginning of 2022 only with St. Petersburg, Wuhan and Chemnitz which was in East Germany. The link with St. Petersburg was severed by pressure from the Ukrainians due to the invasion. Sadly, there is no information on any representations made with their St. Petersburg friends! St. Petersburg is Putin’s home town and East Germany was where Putin worked for the KGB. The focus of accountability needs to be shifted significantly to the GM Labour leadership. Whilst devolution has been achieved, accountability has not. What were their motives in seeking devolution if they did not have a vision for improvement? The Party should be agree to good governance with openness and accountability. We need to hear about savings being achieved from synergies and improvements including with a reduction in administrators and PR staff so that the money can be recycled to improve services and salaries. Let's have a meaningful and objective discussion to improve health and social care in Greater Manchester and throughout the UK.

Great content. Thank you

Great job @Dr Ollie. Can I confirm if you have another video that mentions the ICB?

watching your video from Aberdeen I am a medical student