National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) These guidelines apply to all healthcare workers, local authorities, charities and all other health and social care providers. They support the healthcare professional to ensure that they are providing patients with the best quality care and offer the best value for money. Topics for guidance are referred to NICE by the Department of Health for appraisal. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 This is the law that requires employers to control substances that are deemed to be hazardous to health, such as chemicals, dust, fumes
Two Different Representative Bodies within my area of work are CQC Care Quality Commission HSE Health and Safety Executive Describe the Role of the Two Representative Bodies as above. CQC is a regulator for all health and social care services in England. Their job is to make sure that throughout England compulsory safety standards set out by government standards or rules about care are met in all areas including respect and dignity, hygiene, infection procedures. They provide reliable independent information based on its inspections. They can also advise people what to expect and offer reassurance that their care will be met with proper standards.
QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care David Mano CU2479 Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings Outcome 1 1.1 The current legislation tells us that we have to keep records and information safe and up-to-date at all times. Different companies keep various pieces of information. Different information is handled in different ways. We must follow the company policies and procedures about how to handle certain types of information, the policy will follow the guidelines as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. As a carer we have the responsibility to make a record of the entire task that we perform in a clear way so that the information can be safely transmitted to the other carers and to the management.
P4: Describe the Key Aspects of legislations and guidelines relevant to the prevention and control of infection in a health or social care setting In this section of my assignment I will be describing the key aspects of legislation and guidelines relevant to the prevention and control of infection in a health or social care setting. There are many items of legislation and guidelines which are used in health and social care in order to protect and safeguard the health and well-being of all of those who work and are treated in the health and social care sector. These items of legislations work by preventing the spread and threat of infection through the use of hygienic and clean practices. Legislation, regulations and guidance that govern infection prevention and control: Health and Safety Act (1974) This Act places responsibilities on the Trust and individual employees to do what is reasonable and to adequately control the risks of infection to staff and others. Under this legislation all employees have the responsibilities to cooperate with the Trust on matters of health and safety and in the context of this policy particularly regarding the reduction of risks from healthcare associated infections.
PART 1 : Complete the following two tables to: Table 1 * Explain the principal sociological perspectives (P1) * Assess the biomedical and socio-medical models of health (M1) SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH | KEYWORDSKey terms? | KEY IDEASWhat does the word mean? | IDENTIFY TWO STRENGTHSPositive approach | IDENTIFY TWO WEAKNESSESNegative about sociological approach | Functionalism | Structuralism Function Common value system | All societies are made up of key institutions for example the family and these institutions ensure the smooth running of society. | Provides explanations for the smooth running of society.Analyses the role of key institutions. | Not all areas of conflict are looked at.Does not allow for free will.
Doane and Varcoe state that relational nursing practice is seen “through a relational lens, always assuming and looking for how people, situations, contexts, environments, and processes are integrally connecting and shaping each other” (2008, p.51). This definition of relational practice can be applied to Health Promotion as it encompasses a holistic approach to health. The concepts of relational theory are dynamic to nursing practice as they are needed to establish a collaborative relationship between all involved resulting in better health care and health promotion. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion states that “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (World Health Organization [WHO], 1986, p. 1). The Ottawa charter describes Health promotion in a broad focus on health including education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the importance of client’s participation to influence on his or her own care and outcome.
Health Act 1999 Partnership working is a key element of practice in the health and social care setting. The idea of power sharing, consultation and joint ways of working are essential to effective service provision. Understanding the importance of promoting autonomy with individuals is necessary with all professionals working in health and social care, and appreciating their own roles and responsibilities and how they relate to others in the sector. Our company, and home, think creatively about recruitment and with little training, clients are also welcomed to be involved during the initial interview stage. During recruitment, throughout training and career progression effective partnership is always looked at.
In the position as a student of sociology, I believe the Functionalist theory best describes society. The functionalist theory is viewed to sociologist as society to a living organism. Each part serves an important role in keeping society together. Many sociologist classify this theory as macro-level; large in scale. Including social institutions, a system of behavioral and relationship patterns, having specific roles to perform to make society.
The functionalist perspective recognises that families perform vital functions for their members and for their society, to ensure stability and harmony in order to achieve social order (Giddens, 2009). Functionalists say that society is held together by social consensus, in which members of the society agree upon, and work together to achieve, what is best for society as a whole. Emile Durkheim suggested that social consensus takes one of two forms, one of which is Mechanical Solidarity – the sense of togetherness within a society
To make society work, it has to function in harmony, like a body; this is called the consensus theory. Parson’s developed the idea of roles in the collective called institutions such as family, religion, peer group, legal and economic systems that complement each other in fulfilling functions in society. Radcliffe Brown saw institutions as the key to maintaining the global social order. Institutions are the structures of social order and co-operation, governing the behaviour of individuals within human race collectively. Merton????