Explore the Localization Path of Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment Based on the International Experience of the British NHS System in China

On a global scale, population aging has become an irreversible trend, reshaping the supply and demand pattern of existing medical resources. Although China’s hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system has been gradually built and improved, the rate of first diagnosis at the grass-roots level is less than 40%, which is facing a serious development bottleneck. The British National Health Service (NHS), as a model of global medical resource allocation, has a high efficiency of resource utilization and achieves 90% of the first diagnosis rate at the grassroots level. Therefore, based on the practical experience of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment in Britain, we put forward the localization suggestion of “rigid legislation + flexible technical technology” applicable to China’s development.