Associate Professor in Dental Public Health, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Healthc Pap. 2020 Oct;19(3):27-34. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2020.26376.
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is regarded by many as the world leader in sustainability. In this article, I present six main reasons for this. The first three reasons are that the UK passed appropriate legislation; a long-term strategy was developed; and a sustainability direction and delivery framework emerged for not only the NHS and the social system but also for its partner organizations in education. The UK has also committed resources, has a system of governance and accountability and continually reviews its current systems in a constant need for regeneration.
英国的国民医疗服务体系(NHS)被许多人认为是可持续发展方面的世界领先者。本文提出了其中的六个主要原因。前三个原因是,英国通过了适当的立法;制定了长期战略;为 NHS 和社会系统,以及其教育领域的合作伙伴组织制定了可持续发展方向和实施框架。英国还投入了资源,建立了治理和问责制系统,并不断审查其现行系统,以不断寻求再生。