What Role Do Lobbyists Play In Health Care

The delivery of health care services is influenced by the actions of the government. The government alone cannot fulfill effective delivery of the health care services without the involvement of various stakeholders. However, the stake holders and the government alone can not formulate and deliver the health polices. The link between the stake holders and the government ought to be strengthened in order to achieve effective implementation of the health policy. The link between the government and the stakeholders are the lobbyists. The lobbyists have a big role to play in the delivery of health care services. The lobbyists have a pushing the government to implement the health policies. The lobbyists thus have to posses the policy making skill sin order to achieve the purpose of lobbying (Mason, Leavitt and Chaffee, 2011)
The role of lobbying nurses
Lobbyist nurses have an important role to lay in the delivery of health services. The advocacy role of the nurses is critical in the implementation of the various policies that govern the delivery of health care services. Through the effective lobbying by the nurses, the community, the nurses and the patients are able to benefit …show more content…
Patients have a right to getting health care services that are effective. The policies dictate the quality of health care services that ought to be disseminated at a health care facility. The lobbyists ensure that the government implement polices that promote the effective delivery of health interventions that will alleviate the pain and suffering amongst the patients. Through this kind of lobbying, the patients are able to benefit from timely and effective delivery of health services. In addition, issues associated with staffing and the allocations of medical equipment to the hospitals are also advocated for with the sole aim of making the patients benefit from the health services (Milsted,