legally known as Swindon Primary Care Trust Note: This document is electronically controlled. The master copy is maintained by the Clinical Governance Department. If this document is printed it becomes uncontrolled. Bed safety rails policy and procedures Operational Issue 3 Approved 12/07/2011 Expiry 11/07/2013 Page 1 of 27 Document Control Purpose Owner Author Applies to Implementation date Date of review Expiry date Link to Care Quality Commission (CQC) Essential
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KAREN CHAPMAN THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORKER (UNIT 4222-206) UNDERSTAND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OUTCOME 1 1. Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship A working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct‚ towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives. By working to a set of rules and procedures for which
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Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Under the Health and Social Care Act (2008)‚ abuse is defined as: “Single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress including physical‚ emotional‚ verbal‚ financial‚ sexual‚ racial abuse‚ neglect and abuse through misapplication of drugs.” Abuse can happen to anyone‚ anywhere‚ at any time. However‚ it is so alarming that more and more elderly
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Effects of Discrimination Marginalised Marginalisation is the social process by which a person or a group of people are made marginal or become relegated to the edge of society. It is when someone feels isolated from society‚ pushed to the edge of a group and is seen as a less important being. There are many different people who are marginalized for who they are for example‚ people who are experiencing Mental Health problems‚ children in care‚ the homeless‚ travellers‚ disabled‚ the frail‚ elderly‚ people
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service provision as well as social preparation. In the same way‚ it is dependent on practitioner providing good service. It is vital for nurses and other practitioners to form a partnership; through acknowledging the social‚ psychological and cultural heritage of the patient. The way a person sees themselves is dependent on factors such as their personal meaning‚ beliefs and values. Through forming a partnership with the patient‚ it will be easier to provide services and care that are well suited to
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PROCESS UNIT 1: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS CATHERINE CARLIN Contents Introduction 3 1.1 4 1.3 8 1.4 9 2.1 12 Conclusion 14 Introduction In this assignment the writer is going to focus on how communication is important in health and social care settings. In the first section of the assignment the writer will explore in detail what communication is‚ the methods of communication that are used in health and social care settings and a communication theory
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PWCS 024 Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. Complete the table below and give 4 possible signs or symptoms for each (PWCS 024 1.1‚1.2) Type of Abuse | Signs and symptoms | Physical Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ cuts‚ burnt‚ broken bones‚ open wounds…Symptoms – withdrawn‚ aggressive behaviour‚ emotionally disturbed… | Sexual Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ vaginal or anal bleeding‚ infections… Symptoms – withdrawn‚ agitated‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ nervous‚ humiliated… | Emotional/psychological
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Health and social care settings Everyone is an individual and when they need to use the health and social care services it is import they have access to the setting which precisely meets their needs‚ different setting are designed to do just that and the trained staff within those settings have the skills and knowledge to meet those particular needs. Key elements: If everyone who needed support turned up at the same place‚ things would become rather crowded; more importantly‚ not everyone would
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Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without consent from the person the information belongs to unless there is a legitimate reason for the sharing of information – like
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Discrimination in Health and Social Care Discrimination has many meanings and involves numerous different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as someone making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated because they choose to be different or have a disability‚ different colour of skin or religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice. There are
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