Ellie Rich Unit 3 – Health‚ Safety & Security in Health & Social Care P3 – Carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting I will be carrying out a risk assessment to ensure it is safe for a child aged 7 with down syndrome to be taken to a outdoor local playpark by a careworker for a bit of fun. The young person may be vulnerable as they are only 7 years of age and have Down syndrome which can affect their sense of awareness. The purpose of a risk assessment is to review the potential
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Competition in health care markets benefits consumers by reducing costs‚ reducing waste‚ improving quality‚ encouraging innovation‚ promoting growth and improving customer satisfaction (Glover and Rivers‚ 2008). Competition influences the direction of a company and will force a company to choose specific services‚ better pricing‚ and to demand quality products to retain the competitive edge for their patients. Davenport and Harbage‚ 2009 published “Lack of competition in this critical marketplace
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L.O: Understand concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to health and social care D1: Analyse the benefits of understanding diversity in relation to health and social care Diversity is something described between the differences of two individuals. Diversity means that all individuals showed be respected and valued‚ therefore you must be aware of the individual’s differences and must not barricade the way they have been cared for. It is you knowing and looking after an individual with
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for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice (a) What it means to have a duty of care in one’s own work role A duty of care is a legal obligation to all Health and Social carers and professionals who have to act in the best interests of individuals and others‚ also not to act or fail to act in a way that results in harm. This duty of care can be a general implied minimum
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2010 earthquake‚ struggles even more then before to maintain the health and wellbeing of its citizens. An overwhelmingly large percent of Haiti’s population lives below the poverty line and suffers form malnutrition‚ anemia and other diseases. Haiti has about 25 physicians and 11 nurses per 100‚000 population. (Wikipedia.org) This is a very sad situation for the citizens of Haiti because the incident of disease is so high and medical care so low‚ one could imagine the mortality rate for disease that
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the call informed where to find 22nd District Congressman Pete Olson’s viewpoint on health care issues. As noted on his website‚ Congressman Pete Olson reports that the health care system needs improvement and that “Health care costs continue to escalate as businesses and families see more of their budgets consumed by health expenses. Access and affordability of health care are paramount to solving the health care crisis facing our country” (olson.house.gov‚
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ASSIGNMENT FRONT SHEET Name: Lily beynon Group: Unit:1 Assignment Title: unit 1 developing effective communication in health and social care Subject Lecturer:Carole litchfield Hand in Date: Pass Criteria | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | Attempted | X | x | | | | | | Achieved | | | | | | | | Merit Criteria | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | Attempted | x | | | | Achieved | | | | | Distinction Criteria | D1 | D2 | D3 | Attempted | | |
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Society of the 1800’s During the 1800’s there were three prominent cultures that could be found within Antebellum or Pre-Civil War America. These cultures include the North‚ South‚ and the Southern Black or Slave culture. These societies differed in many ways‚ some to an extreme degree. The Northern culture is the closest to the modern day America that we know as it was the most progressive culture. The Southern culture was extremely elitist and intolerant of social reform not benefiting the slave
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of work it is in. For example working in a health and social care environment will most definitely require you to have strong communication skills‚ because you’re not just dealing with yourself and/or immediate work colleagues; you are made to deal with a whole variety of people of different ages and backgrounds that will be seeking your help or the reciprocal. With having good communication skills‚ this allows people that work in the health and social care sector to have better interpersonal skills
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Homework Ideas about health are influenced by a range of factors‚ such as media‚ gender and wealth/poverty. For example‚ wealth affects people’s ideas about health‚ because wealthy individuals are more likely to opt for private health care. This would create a different opinion of health to those who use the NHS‚ because the quality of care would differ. Also‚ wealthy people are more likely to ask for a second opinion because they have the power to. Furthermore‚ members of society who live in poverty
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