PRACTICE IN HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS LEARNING OUTCOME 1 UNDERSTAND REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS The following are current legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. They also summarise the main points of legal requirements for handling information. • THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 – The Data Protection Act 1998 is a piece of legislation which defines the law on processing
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b Running Head: OBAMACARE The Obama Care Policy American National Government POL 201 Jacqueline Arnold Instructor Kimminau January 8‚ 2013 OBAMACARE 1 In this short essay about the “Obama HealthCare Policy‚” I will discuss the problems of the policy. I plan to explain the history‚ and the meaning of this policy. In this essay I will be discussing the pros and cons of the Obama HealthCare Policy‚ as well as the issue’s with the Federalism
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Promoting diversity within a health and social setting and the effectiveness In this report I am going to outline The Mental Health Act alongside this‚ the procedures and codes of practise and how both of these aim to promote diversity and assessing the effectiveness of these measures in place. The Mental Health Act aims to safeguard the vulnerable‚ by ensuring they are treated fairly and equally by services and given permission to health care‚ for example hospital treatment if required. The
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the team more effective. The challenges experienced by developing teams are often due to organisational change. Staff may be resistant to change such as moving to join a new team or working with people they do not know. A health and social care organisation needs to identify the skills and knowledge that are required for the service plan and recruit staff according to this to ensure that the diversity and skill mix needed is met to fulfil the service outcome. Newly appointed staff should complete
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entering the care proffession as a support worker. As a support worker we all have a duty of care to clients. The duty of care is to ensure that we act in the best possible way to keep our clients safe from harm‚ while at the same time not taking away their independence or their right to make individuaal choices.It is to make sure they have the risks & consequences explained to them in whichever manner they understand (written‚ verbal‚flash cards‚ brail etc) Our duty of care ranges from helping
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means the difference between people and the values and beliefs that they have‚ there is lots of ways in which people differ‚ for example‚ ability‚ beliefs‚ race‚ religion‚ gender‚ culture‚ the differences in people are what makes an individual and as a care worker it is important to recognise these and respect their individuality to ensure that they feel valued and included‚ if I treated everyone the same or made assumptions or decisions for my service user’s or stereotyped people this would cause them
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your discussion‚ provide examples of two successful Disease Management Programs from real life. Why were these programs successful? Can they be replicated in other settings? What are the challenges to replication? According to the Academy of managed care pharmacy‚ disease management programs are designed to improve the health of persons with chronic conditions and reduce associated costs from avoidable complications by identifying and treating chronic conditions more quickly and more effectively
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discrimination I could support equality and inclusion in my day to day work by involving everyone in activities and and making them feel included. I could also have chats with the service users to make them feel comfortable and feel that someone cares and is there for them when they feel down and know that they can talk to me when ever they want. I could reduce discrimination by challenging it and making sure that the person that discriminates realises it is the wrong thing to do and that they
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Running Head: Specific Needs Specific Needs in Health and Social Care [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Specific Needs in Health and Social Care Task 1 As a service worker there are a number of identified demands that the client is proposing or the family of the client which is dealing with East London care home. Mr. Park was analysed and related to his disabilities‚ various suitable concepts of health were introduced within his treatment. There are many socioeconomic
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NEBOSH International General Certificate Paper 1 Management of Health and Safety Element 2 Setting Health & Safety Policy 1. (a) Outline the general content of the THREE sections of a health and safety policy. (6) (b) Explain why the health and safety policy should be signed by the most senior person in an organization‚ such as a Managing Director or Chief Executive· Officer. (2) Answer (a) The three sections of a policy are the ’statement of intent’‚ which both demonstrates management’s
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