{"id":368,"date":"2015-12-11T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperialighi.wordpress.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-03-29T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:56:59","slug":"universal-health-coverage-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/2015\/12\/11\/universal-health-coverage-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3: Universal Health Coverage in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f6dhSUroYe4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-370\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-370 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/imperialighi.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/david-youtube.png\" alt=\"david youtube\" \/><\/a>In the third of our video series with Sir David Nicholson, former CEO of the NHS and Adjunct Professor here at IGHI, Sir David talks about how the delivery of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) took route in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The current UHC model has been serving us well for over 60 years.\u00a0 However, there is still room for improvement and there are challenges ahead which we must face in order to sustain UHC in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>To mark <a href=\"http:\/\/universalhealthcoverageday.org\/welcome\/\">Universal Health Coverage Day<\/a> (12.12.15), Sir David Nicholson provides a few suggestions on how we can achieve and maintain a safer, robust and resilient model for UHC, which will allow us to sustain the current model of care for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Universal Health Coverage in the UK\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6dhSUroYe4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third of our video series with Sir David Nicholson, former CEO of the NHS and Adjunct Professor here at IGHI, Sir David talks about how the delivery of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) took route in the UK. 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