4222-306 Health & Safety The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act‚ the employer‚ the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. Your employer should display a copy of this Act on their main premises. The main purpose of the legislation is: • To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of people at work • To protect others from risks arising
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1) What role does Congress play in the formulation of health policy? Congress plays a major role in development of health policy: * Medicare * Medicaid * Veterans affairs * National institutes of health * Health care reforms * Authority spread across several committees * Involvement includes regulatory‚ programmatic‚ financing‚ and oversight 2) How does Congress operate? The United States Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress
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that a staff member would follow if they wished to raise a grievance within the work place would be‚ firstly we have a lady within the company who deals with all grievance’s so you would take your issue to her and grapevines policy states that all concerns must be acknowledged within the first 48 hours it then must be investigated within 5 days and then you will receive a letter within 7 days of the outcome or next steps if appropriate. It also then states that the investigation must be fully concluded
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you store your data securely. It ensures safety to one another. Confidentiality makes individuals feel protected and safe; if this didn’t exist then people would feel insecure that their data or information is not vulnerable. To ensure confidentiality you need to have authorised personnel‚ which means only certain people would have access to certain information. If you use lockable filing cabinets with important data should be kept in a locked room for safety. Password protection should be on all laptops
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Concerns If Removed If Kudler Fine Foods decided to one day remove their security system‚ here are a few things that they must be aware of. If Kudler Fine Foods was without a security system that would allow easy access to their entire system. The first concern would be how easy it would be to obtain many types of malware and viruses. Many of these may just result in the system slowing down but some of the others may be much worse‚ like a key logger. Should a key logger get into the system
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The United States spends more of its gross domestic product on health care than any other county‚ and yet the American Journal of Public Health estimates that nearly 45‚000 Americas die each year due to lack of adequate healthcare. In fact‚ our healthcare system ranks 37th out of the 191 countries graded by the World Health Organization. Given these grim facts‚ I certainly agree that America needs to reform its healthcare system. However‚ I do not believe that the current healthcare reform enacted
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AS AND A2 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE STUDENT REVIEW PERSONAL DETAILS Please tick appropriate box Attendance Excellent Explained absence but good Explained absence Unexplained absence Cause for concern Punctuality Excellent Good Acceptable Needs improvement Unacceptable Suitability of dress Sensible awareness Displays understanding Satisfactory Inappropriate Lacks awareness and understanding Confidentiality
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that does not ‘need to know’. In the care setting‚ providing confidentiality requires confirmation that personal and private information belonging to service users cannot be accessed by others. Any information given by a service user should not be disclosed without the service user’s permission. Personal/private information a care setting will regularly come across can include: * Information being discussed orally‚ for example in a nursery care setting a care worker discussing/debating with a
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Mentorship for Health Social Care Practitioner’s Introduction: Mentoring students in clinical practice is an important aspect of nursing. Nurses or mentors consider their profession to be practice based and work hard to ensure that a larger part of learning and assessment takes place in the clinical area. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)‚ 2006 defines the term mentor as‚ the role of the nurse‚ midwife or health visitor who facilitates learning‚ supervises and assesses students in the practice
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ntroduction The definition of high quality care has now become enshrined in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 requiring the presence of 3 equally important pillars: • Patient safety • Clinical effectiveness • Patient experience The Department of Health (2003‚ p.19) defines a positive patient experience as: “We want an NHS that meets not only our physical needs but our emotional needs too. This means getting good treatment in a comfortable‚ caring and safe environment‚ delivered in a calm and
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