The NHS covers a wide variety in terms of health care services. Some examples of the many services within the NHS are: Accident and Emergency, Breast screening [to check for cancer], Cardiology [which includes ECG’s (Electrocardiogram) which is the electrical activity of the heart], Discharge lounge, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), General Surgery, Maternity which includes ultrasounds to look at the baby], Microbiology, Neurology, Dietician, Oncology, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Urology [3].
Within the NHS services, the patients are broken down into sectors to treat them efficiently and to prevent them getting lost in the system. These sectors are: Admissions, Outpatients, Inpatients, Discharged