The essential standards The essential standards of quality and safety are central to our work in regulating health and adult social care. Each of the standards has an associated outcome that we expect all people who use services to experience as a result of the care they receive. The standards relate to the 28 regulations contained in the legislation governing our work. When we check providers’ compliance with the essential standards‚ we focus on one or more of the 16 that most directly relate
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1) The sources of legislation that are binding in Scots law are: European Union UK Parliament Scottish Parliament The European Union (EU) is economic and political union which is located in Europe in Brussels. It consists of 785 members representing the 492 million citizens of the 27 Member States of The European Union. Countries which join EU are Austria‚ Bulgaria‚ Belgium‚ Czech Republic‚ Greece‚ Hungary‚ Portugal‚ Cyprus‚ Estonia‚ Luxembourg‚ Denmark‚ Finland‚ Slovakia‚ France‚ Italy
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Banking Industry in UK 1.0 Introduction The UK Banking sector is the world’s third largest in terms of Return on capital & efficiency after USA and Japan. Around 3.5% of the total UK’s workforce is working in banking sector and it is providing services to 95% of the population. UK is considered as Investment Hub for Private Banking & Investment in the international Market. 2.0 Size and Importance of Banking Industry to National Economy The UK Banking sector is one of the largest sectors to the
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Doing business in the UK: . General considerations . Reglations . Employment in the UK General considerations What makes the UK through centuries‚ decades and years the world’s most leading investment destinations for internationally dynamic business? 1. The easiest place to set up and run a business in Europe: Surveys suggest that the UK is the easiest place in all of Europe for setting up and running a business. According to a recent study by the World Bank‚ it takes approximately 13
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HIV/AIDS The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease cause by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)‚ which is one type of chronic disease that mainly attacks the immune system of the body. The immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off the infection or disease (Daniels‚ 1985). HIV attacks the convolute part of the immune system. HIV weakens the immune system by destroying the CD4 (T-cell) lymphocytes. CD4 is one type of blood cell that helps protect the
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Essay – Social Mobility Q Explain to what extent social mobility is a feature of social class in the UK in the 21st century. Use two contrasting theories and relevant studies in your answer. (2009) Inequality exists in all societies‚ sociologists concern themselves with social inequality including social prestige‚ economic privileges and power. Stratification‚ in particular social stratification is different. Stratification
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commercial or nightlife areas. Sometimes people associate urban tribes with violence. In fact‚ there are some of them which are linked to incidents‚ brutal attacks and social problems; but many of them are inoffensive. Urban tribes born in the UK. Skin Heads: they were born in England in the 60s to combat nationalism. Soon they diverged into two groups: the extreme right-wing and the extreme left-wing‚ and which became strong enemies. They are a violent‚ xenophobic and homophobic group. They
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Exchange rate Housing issues Private and public consumption Investments opportunities: pros and cons EXCHANGE RATE Sterling has been floating since the UK withdraw from membership of the ERM in September 1992. Since that moment‚ the Bank of England has not intervened to influence the pound’s value‚ as it became independent from the UK government. With a free floating exchange rate‚ the value of the currency is simply determined by supply and demand of the market. The Central Bank cannot set
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Research Objectives ………………………………………………………………….… 2 3. Review of Literature …………………………………………………………….……... 3 4. Method of Study ………………………………………………………………….………. 3 5. Research Tools ………………………………………………………………….………… 3 6. Chapter One Tobacco Control Legislations- Past and Present …………..………...4 7. Chapter Two Other Acts relating to Tobacco Control & Recent case laws…... 11 8. Chapter Three Challenges in Implementation & Suggestions ………………………
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Size of UK Food Industry The food and drink industry is the largest of the manufacturing sectors accounting for 15% of manufacturing overall‚ with a total turnover of £70bn. The industry employs some 500‚000 people‚ equating to 13% of the UK manufacturing workforce. Food and drink remains the biggest spending category. In 2005‚ consumer spending on food and drink was nearly £153.8bn‚ 20% of total UK consumer expenditure.1 Page 2 Year on year UK consumer expenditure on food is increasing across
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