Ethical Considerations in Mobile Health Clinic In mobile health clinic, various ethical considerations are made to ensure that patients receive the best treatment while minimizing incidences of harm. The five common ethical considerations to be considered in mobile health clinic include safety, technology, political, confidentiality and social issues. The mobile health clinic should offer services, which ensures maximum safety to the lives of the patients and thus minimizing harm (Marcus, 2014 p. 574). As an ethical consideration, safety should entail all the treatment practices the service provider offers to the clients and assurance of the involved equipments to guarantee safety. Technology as an ethical consideration in mobile health clinics ensures that it offers quality services without failure or breakdown.
Held securely and remain confidential. It is the same for other records that are needed to protect the service users safety and wellbeing. * Freedom of Information Act 2000 – It provided pubic access to information held by pubil authorities. It does this in two ways: Public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities; and members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities. * The General Social Care Council (GSCC) ‘Codes of Practice’ – 1.2 Summarise the main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information in health and social care.
Creative and Therapeutic Activities in Health and Social Care P3-IdentifyLegislations, guidelines and policies relevant to the implementation of creative and therapeutic activities * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 * The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 * The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 * The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The role of the professional when planning creative and therapeutic activities | To challenge inappropriate behaviours in others | To recognise the needs of service users and others | To treat others with dignity and respect | They have to treat people fairly and without bias and about creating conditions in the workplace that encourage and value diversity and promote dignity | The service users have to be treated with dignity and respect and are committed to ensuring that all employees are provided with a safe working environment which is free from all forms of bullying, sexual harassment and harassment. | They need to listen to the clients, be sympathetic, and offer kind words of encouragement. | Negative habits might spill over into the outside world. Employees have to speak to the clients with professionalism and positive speech | They need to be motived enough to work independently and get things done without any instruction and they need to have Positive Attitude towards Work,"can-do" attitude * They need to have an interest and ability in art, crafts, drama and music * They need to be creative and imaginative * They need to have a caring and encouraging attitude * They need to have good communication skills * They need to be friendly so that the client won't be in an awkward situation |
In this essay it will show that a healthy neighbourhood can provide a focus for improving the health and well-being of the community by discussing both the negative and positive impacts on its residents. In this essay will also discuss the Thornhill Plus You programme which was set up to address neighbourhood concerns in poor health indices, low educational attainment, low skills and anti-social behaviour. This essay will now continue on to investigate the kind of people that need care services help and what limitations care workers should take into consideration. And we also will look in the study case of Mina Ali to answer the part B of the essay-Supporting people to use community resources. Family and friends can offer informal support such as Practical help and advice with things like childcare or household topics and chores.
140). The mission and Vision of Riverside County Regional Medical Center is to provide superior quality health care and services to Riverside County residents with a special focus on individuals and populations in need. As part of our professional nursing role it is our responsibility to identify the needs of the CHF patients and to develop projects to meet those needs in order to maximize their access to health care. Providing free transportation services to those patients who are unable to get the their appointments is fulfilling that mission and vision. In return allowing these patients to be able to receive the health care they require to manage their disease and symptoms in order to decrease their exacerbations and
29/09/2014 Empowering Users of Health and Social Services LO1 Understand how the design and review of services promotes and maximises the rights of users of health and social care services ICON COLLEGE LO1 -‐ TASK 1 1 The notes contained in this PowerPoint presentation is for Unit 9LO1- (Week 2 to Week 4) Empowering Users of Health and Social Care and the these lectures notes are available on the VLE. Please print your own copies of the lecture notes prior to coming to class. ICON COLLEGE WEEK 1 2 1 29/09/2014 Learning Outcome
Effective Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Health and Social Care Tutor- Rachel Wadsworth Student- Pratiksha Rai Contents 1) Introduction 2) Argyle’s stages of communication 3) Tuckman’s stages of group communication 4) Factors and barriers that influence communication and interpersonal interactions 5) Strategies used in health and social care to overcome barriers to communication 6) Evaluation of the strategies used to overcome barriers within health and social care 7) Conclusion. 8) Author/s or website/s names in alphabetical order 9) References Introduction This report is about the Effective Communication and Interpersonal Skills in the ‘Health and Social Care’ sector. This report evaluates and explains that how some factors can affect the communication between two people and make a barrier between them. This report’s purpose is also to show what the strategies in health and social care are, and how they are used
Btec Level 3 90 Credit Diploma in Health and Social Care Unit 2: Promoting Anti-discriminatory Practice Introduction In this assignment I will be discussing how an anti-discriminatory practise can be promoted within a care home. I will also be assessing the difficulties which may arise when promoting an anti-discriminatory practise along with the solutions to them. Anti-discriminatory practise This is where employees within a care setting work together to provide their service users and colleagues with an environment which is discrimination free. This includes; race, gender, age, sexual orientation, class and disability. Not only is the setting free of discrimination but equality and fair treatment to everyone is promoted.
The Caldicott Report set out general principles which should be used by health and social care organisations when reviewing use of service user information. Information: to share or not to share – Caldicott2 Review (2013) The Caldicott2 Review looked into the balance between protecting patient information and its sharing, to improve patient care General Medical Council – Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information (2009) The document outlines the parameters of a doctor’s duty to protect patient confidentiality. It highlights issues like: patients’ right to confidentiality; protecting information; sharing information with patients; the circumstances under which disclosure of information may be made (e.g. with the patient’s explicit or implied consent; those dictated by law; and disclosures in the public interest); disclosure after a patient’s death; and disclosure in relation to treatment sought by children and those who are mentally incompetent. NHS Code of Practice.
Evaluating a Website for Credibility Evaluating a Website for Credibility I was very interested in choosing a website for credibility as part of my work involves offering available resources to our patients and their families who suffer from chronic illnesses. One Chronic illness in particular is Diabetes. I chose to evaluate the credibility of Delaware Health and Social Services website as I know that this site offers multiple resources for our community, such as free vaccines for children, food banks and mental health services to name a few. The purpose of this website is to “To improve the quality of life for Delaware's citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations”