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Motivation & Insight into Medicine 2
What single healthcare intervention do you think could change the health of the UK population the most?
Average Candidate Response
I believe that improving health education and understanding would help to reduce health resource wastage as well as encouraging the population to make better lifestyle choices.
Excellent Candidate Response
I believe that advising patients about lifestyle changes such weight loss and a balanced diet to a greater extent could dramatically change the health of the UK population with minimal capital expenditure. Obesity and diabetes are two conditions that have seen a drastic increase in recent years, and have significant financial and social costs. Currently, the NHS spends around £10 billion per year on diabetes, and in 2014 spent £6.1 billion on overweight and obesity related health illnesses. One reason for the high cost is the secondary conditions that can result from these diseases, such as kidney failure, blindness, bone disease and neuropathies. Both diabetes and obesity are conditions that could be mitigated by alterations to the lifestyles of at risk groups, thus I feel that launching initiatives aimed at encouraging dietary changes and weight loss would have marked benefits on the UK population.
I believe that improving health education and understanding would help to reduce health resource wastage as well as encouraging the population to make better lifestyle choices.
Excellent Candidate Response
I believe that advising patients about lifestyle changes such weight loss and a balanced diet to a greater extent could dramatically change the health of the UK population with minimal capital expenditure. Obesity and diabetes are two conditions that have seen a drastic increase in recent years, and have significant financial and social costs. Currently, the NHS spends around £10 billion per year on diabetes, and in 2014 spent £6.1 billion on overweight and obesity related health illnesses. One reason for the high cost is the secondary conditions that can result from these diseases, such as kidney failure, blindness, bone disease and neuropathies. Both diabetes and obesity are conditions that could be mitigated by alterations to the lifestyles of at risk groups, thus I feel that launching initiatives aimed at encouraging dietary changes and weight loss would have marked benefits on the UK population.