The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c 7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date.[1] It proposes to abolish NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs). Thereafter‚ £60 to £80 billion of "commissioning"‚ or health care funds‚ will be transferred from the abolished PCTs to several hundred "clinical commissioning groups"‚ partly run by the general practitioners
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’ve just looked at over the past few weeks‚ using Ann ’s experiences to pin points the pro ’s & con ’s of the decisions she ’s had to make. Overall thinking about the bigger picture and how they disadvantages balance out the advantages. In some of our first text (The Open University. 1.2‚ page 16) it explains who is defined as a carer ’someone who looks after a friend‚ relative or neighbour who needs support because of their sickness‚ age or disability. ’ Ann struggles to define her duties
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I choose this article because it is an important part in the health care system. People are switching the way they view healthcare. People would rather have someone come to them rather than driving to the hospital to get care. Many people believe that treating patients in their homes will be a lot cheaper than having patients go to the hospital. This switch could save billions of dollars. We need to look at different ways of saving money because the U.S. spends the biggest percentage of money
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Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care By Andrew Ryan Hanley Types of Abuse Physical: Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. Both old and young people can be physically abused. Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings‚ being pushed or shoved‚ being held against your will‚slapped‚ bitten‚ kicked‚ pinched‚ punched‚ choked or ducked under water‚ threatened or hurt with
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Analysis of Some popular Mobile Social Network Systems Chang Tong Helsinki University of Technology tchang@cc.hut.fi lot‚ and are very social. [11] Although the number of mobile social network users is not very great at present‚ people With the rapid development of mobile devices and wireless believe that mobile social network will become much more technologies‚ a large number of mobile social network sys- popular in the near future. tems have emerged in the last few years. The migration of In
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communication skills. In order for communication to be effective‚ the sender and the receiver must have a clear understanding of what is being communicated‚ because a breakdown can have a negative outcome (Riley 2008). Effective communication is an essential tool used throughout the healthcare profession. The reason why
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Health promotion and disease prevention has always been in the forefront in the health care system. Focus has been always on the physical factors that contribute to the birth and progress of a disease. Very few researches and studies are carried out on the psychological factors that influence the adoption of health improving behaviors. Many psychological theories and models have been proposed to explain patient’s health behavior. The two studies that I have read and I use in my daily clinical practice
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across the globe wait days and sometime weeks to see their primary care physician just to receive their annual checkup. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges‚ “Shortages in four broad categories will occur within the next ten years: primary care‚ medical specialties‚ surgical specialties‚ and other specialties. By 2025‚ the study estimates a shortfall of between 14‚900 and 35‚600 primary care physicians. Non-primary care specialties are expected to experience a shortfall of between
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friends but they still get fat. He argued that is not true because he tested thousands of overweight people and every single one had a normal metabolism’’. This belief or myth has interested me to do research on obesity and find out whether “we are what we eat or whether genetics is to blame for being overweight as well as obesity”. Obesity has always been a controversial topic and this was also the reason why I decided to look at this part of the topic. Over recent years‚ the cause of obesity has
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have changed the face of both the system and health of a country. The Costa Rican health system is dedicated to providing equitable access to citizens‚ while protecting them from financial risk. The improvement this middle-income country has made rivals that of higher-income countries. However‚ while this system is fundamentally efficient and effective‚ it is not without problems. Population Health Throughout the last seventy years Costa Rica’s healthcare system has been going through a transformation
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