National Health Care Spending in the U.S. By Traci C Stewart May 12‚ 2014 HCS/440 Stephen Larson Introduction Health care in the United States is provided by many distinct organizations. Accordingly‚ the US Census Bureau (2010) reported that health care facilities are largely owned and operated by private sector businesses. While sixty-two percent of hospitals are non-profit‚ 20% are government owned‚ and 18% are for-profit. Furthermore‚ 60–65% of healthcare provision
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There is legislation in place outlining the statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health‚ safety and welfare. This includes primary legislation via the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 (HASAWA) which has six parts to it: Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992‚ Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 Work place (Health‚ Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. There are other regulations‚ as
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Unit 402 K4P775 Legislation covering children’s rights and laws covering equality and inclusion within your home country. How these are interpreted and implemented in your local are and within your setting or service. Every child within my and any other setting has the right to be valued‚ treated as an individual and belonging. My role as a child care professional is to ensure that all the children that attend my setting are treated fairly. This is where I refer to inclusion‚ and looking critically
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young people Learning Outcome: 1.1 Title of outcome: Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Legislation is the term used to describe the laws or Acts and Statutes enacted by the UK Parliament. The UK government provides guidelines to organisations and individuals in England and Wales to inform them about how legislation enacted in Parliament should be interpreted and applied. Policy is the
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The purpose of this assignment is to identify the theories‚ values and philosophies of care pertaining to own area of practice‚ describe how the personalisation agenda supports individual choice within service provision‚ demonstrate understanding of codes of practice and methods of service monitoring‚ describe the process of marginalisation/stigma and societal responses to de-valued individuals and groups including user involvement and advocacy and finally describe and discuss the principles and
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current Legislation for home based care‚ and what are the roles of the regulatory bodies? There are a number of laws relating to children and young people both here in Wales and in England. Here is an overview of the current legislation which effects home based care as well as some additional information about the regulatory bodies that enforce these legislations. The Children Act - (2004) - Arguably the most important act relating to children and young people and home based child care which
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Critically discuss the beliefs and social and political influences that have shaped contemporary service provision for children and young people This essay will give information about different pieces of legislation including Education Act (1944)‚ The Mary Warnock Report (1978)‚ and ‘Every Child Matters’ (2003). The essay is also going to discuss The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2007. In May 1940 Britain had been at war and shortly after Neville Chamberlain who was conservative Prime
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Course: ILM level 3 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management Module: Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment Word Count: 1‚820 Date: 20th February 2014 1.1 Identify specific legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare in the workplace. The Workplace (Health‚ Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover a wide range of basic health‚ safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces. Here are a few
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Victoria Climbié’s death was largely responsible for the formation of the Every Child Matters initiative; the introduction of the Children’s Act 2004; the creation of the Contact Point project‚ a government database designed to hold information on all children in England; (now defunct after the coalition government of 2010 turned it off)‚ and the creation of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner chaired by the Children’s Commissioner for England Children’s Act 1989 The Children Act 1989 aimed
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The Children Act 1989: This Act is an important piece of legislation due to its focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It ensures that the welfare of children is paramount; it also identifies the responsibility of parents and of those who work with children to ensure the safety of the child. The UNCRC: This is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally. Under the treaty there is a list of rights to which every
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