Heavy burden placed on doctors and nurses Worldwide.

As science and medicine progress, the world’s life expectancy will continue to increase. According to Stephen Dorrell, chair of the influential Commons health select committee, doctors and nurses will have to re-shape their roles as caretakers for the ageing population. People are living longer, however living with chronic conditions. Conditions like: depression and diabetes are affecting more than 15 million people worldwide. The National Audit Office found that 30% of non-emergency hospital visits could be avoided with better community oriented services. Many doctors and nurses will have to be made “redundant” to reduce costs. Globally, millions of people do not have access to healthcare. However, in certain parts of the world, healthcare is taken advantage of. Doctors and nurses are not funded well in developing countries. Therefore, many of them come to America to seek a better position, rather than helping their own country grow and prosper. They have no choice if they want a better life. More emphasis needs to go directly to healthcare funding. This article is targeting the fact that doctors and nurses are going to loose their jobs. Many doctors and nurses will take on a double role at work to prevent hiring new people. People coming into hospitals with chronic conditions can have only so much done to help them. A lot of money goes into aiding them, and something has to change to prevent this overtime. A community effort in keeping people who are chronically sick out of the hospital is better for them.

I agree with the statement that 30% of the non-emergency visits could be prevented. If there was an increased effort to teach the public about certain risk factors our world would be a healthier place. People could advocate for their health on their own. For instance, if a low-income neighborhood only has a Macdonalds and not a grocery store, that area will have more diabetes. If public health leaders set up better community health infrastructure locally disease will be prevented in the long-term. Many people go to the hospital for preventable chronic illness. It is unfortunate that our country has high chronic heart problems do to our lifestyle. Improving how healthcare systems work around the world starts with an effective plan. It will take interpersonal, organization, policy, and a societal effort for change to occur.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/20/doctors-nurses-redundancies-stephen-dorrell