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Outline the PESTEL factors driving change within the NHS.

|PESTEL Analysis |
| POLITICAL FACTORS |- Insufficient funding from the government; |
| |- White paper liberating the NHS centralization; |
| |- The direct board oversees NHS’s performance; |
| |- Changes to quality regulation and compliance; |
| |- Expectation that outcomes improve and become |
| |amongst the best in Europe; |
| |- Big Society; |
| |- Reduction in health inequalities; |
| |- Prediction of future funding gap between £20bn |
| |and £40bn in 6 years; |
| |-D raw up plans for cost cutting worth billions. |
| ECONOMIC FACTORS |- Insufficient funding from the government; |
| |- High cost of health care labor; |
| |- Economic backslide caused by Euro inflation;



References: Johnson, G., Scholes, K., Whittington, R. (2008), Exploring Corporate Strategy, Prentice Hall, London, Kollberg, B., Elg, M. (2011), "The practice of the balanced scorecard in health care services", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 60 No.5, pp.427-45 Kunc, M., Bhandari, R. (2011), "Strategic development processes during economic and financial crisis", Management Decision, Vol. 49 No.8, pp.1343-53 Benjamin D. Et al (2012) "Strategy deployment systems within the UK healthcare sector: a case study", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 61 Iss: 8, pp.863 - 880 [pic]

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