Challenging the Paradigm of Healthcare Delivery

It’s vital to understand the current model of health and care provision and balance this with the knowledge that it is struggling to cope with unprecedented demands. This leads to inadequate service provision and detriments to patient care. There are multiple barriers and pain points that exist within health systems that limit their ability to provide the care that people need and that clinicians want to deliver. This chapter explores what is ‘healthcare’, what is a hospital and what is it that Doctors actually do, before making the case for change.