Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care: A Guide for Staff By Gareth Barnes Introduction Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is provided as an integrated service‚ this is a number of organisations who plan to deliver and monitor health care in NI. There are 6 Health and Social care (HSC) trusts in N. Ireland. 5 HSC trusts provide integrated health and social care services across N.Ireland; Belfast HSC Trust South Eastern HSC Trust
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• Continued reform and improvement of health and social care is expected to continued to be a societal and governmental priority . This is likely to lead to further changes in the way that services are governed‚ funded and structures. • The Authority has witnessed good practice and seen improvements in the care and support provided to many of the most vulnerable adults and children in residential care. For many services further improvements are required to ensure that they meet National Standards
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Safeguarding of Children & Young People (for those working in the adult sector) and Unit 14 Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Assignment Unit 14 AC1.3 Unit 16 AC 1.1 in the table below explain the following legislation and guidance in respect of safeguarding adult’s children and young people. Legislation/policy/best practice guidance | Summary | Safeguarding Vulnerable groups Act 2006 | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 restricts contact between children and vulnerable
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How can Quality‚ Time and Cost be balanced? “Quality” does not come about by accident; it is achieved through careful planning and execution. Customers regardless of who they may be deserve the best quality product your department can supply. As part of the planning process‚ it’s important to ensure you have a good understanding of the quality level your customers require and expect from the product you are providing. “Quality is the characteristics of a product‚ system‚ service or process
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should be for my height… I really don’t care.” However‚ her employer thinks that she should care. Ms. Raymond’s employer told her that if she didn’t lose weight‚ either on her own or through a wellness program‚ her premiums on her insurance plan would be increased by fifty dollars a month. However‚ is this practice legal? According to the same article on Observer.com‚ “Penalizing employees for pounds is perfectly legal. Under provisions in the Affordable Care Act‚ 2014‚ employers can charge employees
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assess and manage children and young people with movement disorders‚ disability or illness. The aim of the physiotherapist is to help the child or young person reach their full potential through providing physical intervention‚ advice and support. Physiotherapists aim to improve the quality of life of children and young people by promoting independence and encouraging physical fitness and wellbeing. Physiotherapists work in close partnership with the child and their family‚ education‚ social work‚ other
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Management and leadership are equally important in the successful delivery of health and social care services‚ in some aspects the roles are very similar‚ however they do require different skill sets‚ outlooks and behaviours. Management is a process of managing the activities of the organisation. Leadership is influencing and encouraging a team toward a shared goal. Managers require some leadership skills in order to encourage service delivery to have the intended outcome and leaders need the
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IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Standards & Guidelines for Resolution & Learning 1 April 2009 SUMMARY Complaints in Health and Social Care: Standards and Guidelines for Resolution and Learning replaces the existing HPSS Complaints Procedure 1996 and provides a streamlined process that applies equally to all health and social care (HSC) organisations. As such it provides a simple‚ consistent approach for staff who handle complaints and for people raising complaints across all health and social
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[pic] NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Healthcare Support Services (600/1290/0) Evidence Tracking Sheet Learner name: Tracking your evidence During your course your Assessor will ask you to carry out work either in the classroom‚ in your workplace or at home which you’ll keep as evidence of your learning. The work you produce (evidence) will be assessed by your Assessor to make sure you’ve covered everything in sufficient detail. Your evidence could be made
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High quality health care must be accessible and appropriate for the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander just like us health professionals would in a normal health professional environment. In addition‚ acknowledging that those with disability may face additional barriers in accessing health care. Coordinated‚ culturally appropriate services across the health system— including primary health care‚ hospital care and aged care addition Indigenous Australians experience unequal levels of
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