Explain how pressure groups have recently attempted to influence policy-making decisions in relation to social inequalities A pressure group can be defined as an organisation that does not stand for election‚ but instead aim to influence the Government and public policy‚ usually on one specific issue or a variety of issues linked to a topic. They are often formed with the purpose of campaigning for the reduction of social inequalities. For example‚ “The Fawcett Society” and “Save Lewisham Hospital”
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“The greater the power‚ the more dangerous the abuse” (Edmund Burke‚1729-97) Recent periods of social progress and development have seen many concepts and constructs receive widespread attention to what can be described as negative behaviours and one concept and area in particular to receive this attention is abuse. Any response to find a solution to a problem whilst remaining effective and appropriate can experience various complications as there can be an inability to provide a clear and detailed
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The Labour government’s response to the economic crisis of 2008 was reckless and irresponsible. Discuss. The 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review boosted NHS spending by £21 billion 1999-2002 and Education by £19 billion despite a 1% cut in income tax announced in November 1997. Hague and Portillo described this as ‘‘reckless and irresponsible’‘ words that haunted them in the 2001 election. However in the aftermath of the most severe recession that many can remember‚ these same criticisms re-emerge
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Unit 19 P4- Explain how demographic data is used in health and social care service provision. Definition 1. Death rate: The quantity of death per thousand of the populace more than a given period‚ ordinarily a year 2. Birth rate: The quantity of live births per thousand of the populace over given a period‚ ordinarily a year 3. The census: An
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P4-Outline key legalisations and regulations which govern safeguarding P5- Outline working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 states that all those who carry out or apply for positions to carry out regulated activity (whether as paid or voluntary work) under this legislation must be checked through the Disclosure and Barring Service
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UNIT:2 P4 P4: Describe sources of internal and external finance for a selected business. Introduction: In this particular task of the unit I will describe the internal and external finance sources for a particular selected business. In this task I will use the same company as I did before in the previous part of the unit. The name of the company is : Media Markt. In this task we will get to know where money actually comes from to actually create such a big company which is well known of its
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Huckleberry Finn‚ the main character of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚" faces many challenges growing up. Being a runaway child of an alcoholic and abusive father‚ Huck encounters many obstacles. Statistics do not show a positive outlook for someone with a bad childhood. Neglected by his father‚ Huck smokes cigarrettes as a coping mechanism. In the article‚ "Child Abuse and Neglect‚" it states that children who have been neglected have the "inability to accurately recognize emotions in others
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characteristics of different types of child abuse Abuse means any of the following acts which seriously endanger the physical‚ mental‚ or emotional health and safety of the child: The infliction‚ attempted infliction‚ or as a result of inadequate supervision‚ the allowance of the infliction or attempted infliction of physical or mental injury upon the child by a parent or caretaker. The exploitation or overwork of a child by a parent or caretaker. The involvement of the child in any sexual act with a parent
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P4: Use marketing research for marketing planning Marketing planning is concerned with establishing objectives and goals‚ allocating resources to meet these setting out a clear plan of action. It also involves setting out ways of evaluating performance against marketing targets. Introduction: The organisation I have chosen is the Haring Sixth Form Centre and I will be investigating one main issue within the centre. The one main issue that I’m going to investigating will be the availability
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Unit 9:exploring creative product promotion P4: explain the reasons behind the choice of media in a successful promotional campaign. Brandon Baumgart IBS 1c P4 Version 3 30 may 2012 Mrs. Daymond From mouth-to-mouth to TV and Internet. In 1886 when coca cola started they didn’t had TVs‚ radios and Internet to tell people they have invented something new. So everything was from mouth-to-mouth‚ through the flyers‚ the newspapers or big wall paintings on high buildings. Later they
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