My opening para- In the UK‚ there are legislative powers that establish the code of conduct for all health care professionals. These laws are very important as they guide hsc professionals in relation to their roles‚ rights and responsibilities. Every hc professional will have a code of conduct that gives them a code of practice that they have to follow. I have studied the code of practice for nurses and midwives in the NHS. This document clearly states expectations and very clear guidance on behaviour
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Unit 80 Outcome 1 1.1 Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings. 1. Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings. The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ The Data Protection Act (1998) plus
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control of infection You have a responsibility to take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions such as the people you support‚ their family‚ friends and your work colleagues. The health and safety at work act 1974 requires workers to: Take reasonable care their own safety and that of others Cooperate with the employer in respect of health and safety matters Not intentionally damage any health and safety equipment or materials provided by the employer
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Caring for children and young people unit 10- m2 Roles and responsibilities of two members of the children’s workforce in relation to looked after children and young people Foster carer The roles and responsibilities of a foster carer are to provide care for a foster child‚ to promote positive health care‚ to promote a positive view of the Childs family background‚ to promote a foster Childs own race‚ culture and religion‚ to promote education‚ to let Children & Young People’s Service
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Unit 3 M1 In this assignment I am going to describe how health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting. Firstly‚ all health and social care settings should have fluent staff training; this is to ensure that all staff is actually aware of the policies‚ safety legislation and procedures they will have to follow when working in the health and social care setting. The manager should go through all potential procedures that
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Unit 1 Developing effective communication in health and social care Task 1 Introduction In this report I will examine and explain effective communication by looking at the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care context‚ theories of communication‚ methods of communication (verbal‚ non-verbal and written communication)‚ communication
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Building relationship: This is a vital role in the health and social care sector as with this first form of communication is important to build a relationship. It can be verbal or non verbal communication skills by making your first impression it needs to be good and professional by either a hand shake‚ good eye contact‚ smile and just being friendly and warm welcome. Maintaining relationship: In health and social care we maintain and good healthy and friendly relationship with the service user
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Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care‚ Unit 5. There are many forms of abuse but are usually classified under five main headings‚ physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ financial and institutional. Signs of possible abuse can come in physical forms‚ such as bruises‚ cuts‚ burn marks‚ etc; emotional signs like flinching‚ crying and any other changes in the normal behaviour of the client. Although these are signs of abuse it is in no way conclusive evidence of such. Warning
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A possible influence on dietary intake could be diabetes; its full name is diabetes mellitus. It is a condition where insulin is not being produced by the pancreas or it is not being produced in sufficient amounts or even the body cannot use insulin properly. There are two types of diabetes IDDM which is commonly known as type 1 this is the most severe type of diabetes and is treated with insulin injections. MIDDM is known as type 2 diabetes and is less serious it can be treated with diet or tablets
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