Impact of Laws and Policies on Business

This assignment examines the significant impact of laws and policies on businesses and their workforce. It analyzes how government regulations and legal frameworks shape business practices, ensure workplace safety, and contribute to overall economic development. The report emphasizes the role of government in establishing policies that promote both worker well-being and organizational success.

Law, Policy & Ethical Practice
in Health & Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................2
P1 Setting legislature, executive and judiciary set legal and policy for health and social care
practitioners............................................................................................................................3
P2 Key features of legislation, statutory guidance, code of practice and national and
organizational policy..............................................................................................................3
P3 Relationship among key and legislation and national policy............................................3
P4 Organisational and national policy....................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P5 National and international human rights law...................................................................5
P6 Policy and legislation in health and safety........................................................................6
M3 Impact of social and health care legislation on employees..............................................7
D3 Compliance with legislation and national policies...........................................................7
P7 Relation between policy, law and ethical necessity in NHS.............................................7
P8 Impact of law and policy...................................................................................................8
M4 Ethical, law and policies help in unwanted situation.......................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Health and Social care practitioner must follow different rules, laws and policy as it
should be ethical practice as well. The present report will be exploring legal framework in health
and social care with practitioners operation with appropriate description. Further, it will be
presenting relationship among key legislation and national policy with direct relevance for health
and social care practice (Ventola, 2014). This report will represent comparison among
organizational and national policy against standards of national legislation with impact on health
and social care practice. In the similar aspect, there will be explanation amount specific
international and national human rights law which will directly influence and inform about equal
and fair treatment of others in health, care or support services. There will be implementation of
different and relevant legislation and policy and notion of equity with practice of safeguarding
individuals in health, care and to support services.
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TASK 1
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P1 Setting legislature,
executive and
judiciary set legal
and policy for
health and social
care practitioners
 In the present
scenario, safe
practice is
considered as
very important
for purpose of
promotion of
dignity with
perspective of
care.
 Presence of
various
legislative
measures and
regulations for
supporting
these
practitioners.
 Intended
towards
protecting
people in work
with application
of services and
P2 Key features of
legislation,
statutory
guidance, code
of practice and
national and
organizational
policy
Legislation key feature
 Health and
Social care act
2012, considers
particular
duties like
health bodies
as department
of health,
Clinical
Commission
groups on basis
of decreasing
inequalities
among people.
 Equality Act
2010 for
establishing
duties of
bodies of
public sector
with objective
P3 Relationship
among key and
legislation and
national policy
 National health
services are
supported and
ensuring spent
money on
service
providers and
best possibility
for patients
care
 Funding for
local clinical
commissioning
groups to its
services and
ensuring that
effectively
performed or
not
 National
leadership has
been given and
expert services
for supporting
public health
and work with
P4 Organisational and
national policy
UK National policy
for health and social
care support health,
well-being and safety
of patients, they
provide many services
to public that help in
raising their standard
of voluntary and
regulation enrollment
of people performing
in social wellness
work. They work
independently
responsible to UK
parliament. On the
other side NHS is the
organizational policy
for employees and
manager. They follow
legal process for
professional employed
in health care force by
NHS Grampian. This
organization has some
regulations for
employees who are
registering for
practices in it: people
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wide public.
 Judiciary gives
the least ideal
forum for
purpose of
development of
health policies
as judges are
impartial and
capable for
assessing
evidence and
arguments
through
multiple
sources
objectively.
 In case,
judiciary is not
appropriately
suited then
government
branch has to
develop health
policy in areas.
 Legislature is
thought to be
publicly
accountable and
impartial with
of integrating
consideration
of advancing
equality.
Statutory guidance
 Promoting well
being
 Preventing,
delaying and
reducing
requirements
 Managing
provide failure
and service
interruptions
 Information
and advice
Code of practice
 To maintain
confidentiality
 Duties and
responsibilities
 Competent
 Ensuring
compliance
and currency
 Considering
limits of their
local
government as
NHS respond
to emergencies
of health
protection
 Health
education
ensures about
workforce of
healthcare with
appropriate
skills and
training for
improving care
patients receive
as it supports
local education
along with
training boards
which plan
training and
education for
meeting
national and
local needs
should be sure about
their registration, they
need to update it all
the time, another point
is they need to notify
their manager about no
longer certified. This
apply to every single
post when they stay
within NHS. They
both worked different
but according to law
process. Their national
standard is level is
very high than the
other national and
organizational policy
have.
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capacity for
gathering full
information
with multiple
sources.
 Executive as
government
branch for
bringing
formation o\f
health policy
with similar
advantage as
legislature.
functions
 Ethical practice
should be
followed
 Necessity of
consent and
conduct
TASK 2
P5 National and international human rights law
International and national human rights act is based on fair and equal treatment of health,
support and care services (Grajales and et.al., 2014). This act is made for people, who faced the
stage of differences regarding their age, gender identity, belief and religion etc. there are four
important acts related to diversity and equality that make people familiar with their work or
workers and also in social and health care, such are:
 Equality act 2010: government made this law for protecting people against favouritism
for person who have one or more specific protecting characteristics such as disability,
marriage, partnership, sexual orientation etc. through making this act legislation need to
provide equal treatment for every people in economy.
 Human rights law 1998: this is known as freedom. According to this person has all the
rights in their lives to speak, thing etc. every people has received fair and equal
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treatment by another person in society within respect (Blanpain, and Bisom-Rapp,
2014). Employee, labor and every one in the world are free to think or express their
feelings and thoughts.
 Mental capacity act 2005: this act define the rights of person who are not capable to
maintain their own rights independently. Thus, for this DoLS play their role by
maintaining their equality, dignity and rights for freedom in society without any
differences.
 Care act 2014: this law is based on support for adult in health and social care areas.
There are many persons who does not have any residences of living sources, that live
their lives without any support in their health. Regarding this government made care act.
WHO is an international organisation that provide services and support to every person in
the world. They provide their fair and equal treatment to people according to their healthcare.
Human rights included freedom without favouritism on grounds of age, race or other state. In
this organisation there are so many voluntaries who performed their services to people equally.
P6 Policy and legislation in health and safety
Government focused on making policies for managing society according to rules and
regulations. Health and safety act is made for employees who worked in workplaces in the
organisation. HSWA act 1974 is work for workers safety in performing any work action. This act
does not consume time and cost. It is the act of parliament that set the structure for managing
work areas safety and health in UK (Harriss, and Atkinson, 2015). According to this law
government purpose is to provide welfare services to employees, employers, leaders, mangers
and owner in the organisation Werther they are performing their work performance in same
platform. In business sector health and safety is the main concern for workers. There are many
other laws or act create by the legislation specifically. This can be changed according to
customers, employees or other staff members conditions or situations in firm.
Organisation provide training to their employees to ensure safety and health activity that
they need to understand and apply in their lives. According to this act they provide health and
medical security facilities to people at the time when they get injured by accident etc. when they
are working or not in industry. Regarding to health and safety at work law 1974 the offer
applicable information, supervision and instruction how to protect themselves or other staff
members in dangerous or difficulty situation like fire incident in work areas or other things.
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Environment of working should be equal and healthy that motivate workers towards performing
their task within effective workforce.
This act require owner to give a place where the safety is not only the point but also
suitable for duty's that has completing or playing by the employees. Thus, this will also provide
satisfaction and comfort of workers through give break time, drinking water facilities etc. in the
organisation.
M3 Impact of social and health care legislation on employees
All the policies and legislation impact on workers' performance and role according to
their responsibilities (Hall, and et.al., 2018). Health and safety law is made for resolving their
health issues and make them comfortable in workplaces. According to all these laws employees
understand their human rights which is very helpful in performing their job roles. They provide
services that support people for knowing their rights.
D3 Compliance with legislation and national policies
Employees follow rules and regulation according to policies that has been applied by
government in the organisation or the other places where people get performed their duties.
Employer provide training to workers for developing their skills and knowledge in understanding
the human rights law and health and social care act at workplaces. Through these workers get all
the knowledge of policies and legislation. They get aware other staff members as well.
P7 Relation between policy, law and ethical necessity in NHS
NHS provide emotional, social, and physical support to people who live their lives in
difficulty situations. Social or health care services help every one through their better facilities.
This organisation is worked for improving economy conditions in the world. According to this
they need to follow act, policy and ethical that are required for provide health or care services.
Law and policies is made by governments who has to focused on employees or general people
rights. Law is a long term process, in additional with rules and regulations which are forced to
social organisation to order behaviour according to it. Ethical is based on human rights and
principles. Legal regulation are settled on written law and ethical are based on human rights and
wrongs. Some time the things must be legal but it does not be ethical. Law is the system of
guidelines and regulations.
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Policy are made according to the situations and conditions of workplaces or society
regarding their health and care stages, this is the short term period structure that might be
changed sometimes. Law is made for organisation within rules and principles that they have to
be followed for running their business successfully. According to these laws' organisation
applied inside the work areas or in the activity of transporting their products and services to
another country or state. NHS followed law process in their work to provide equal treatment to
people, this will describe their safety and health welfare stages. Organisation need to treat
people's equally without any discrimination.
According to law stages they have to focused on every level of person care when they are
in the workplaces. Ethical law is very important for every person's or employees in their lives.
This will help to getting information about their rights in living their lives freely without any
social barriers. Human rights teach people to tell their thoughts and ideas without any hesitation.
Laws provides safety of worker's in the workplaces through training or supervision. Political and
civil rights are the stages of human rights act. Equality, cultural, economic rights, food and work,
or education are the function of this law. Laws, policy and ethical all have their different working
structure but within the same governed patter by the government. They all are made for the
welfare of people, employees, owner, employers or general persons in the economy.
P8 Impact of law and policy
Policies help organisation to perform their work in proper structure and framework.
Strong policy help in making stability in NHS. They can also help in managing workers'
performance in work areas. Policies is made for making environment according to decided
structure. Healthy policies improved employees working experiences better than the others. This
is the best way to communicate with the people or managing their activity for completing their
tasks. Law changes the whole process of business laws structure governed by the government. It
affects directly on the taxation and amount of cost earned by serving their services through
business. They both are very important for running organisation performance successfully.
Applying policies in firm help in controlling all the function and activity by people's who are
working within it. Employee policies. Work policy, transportation etc. has impact on company
services. Law is made for safety and security for people, in firm owner has to follow rules and
regulations in their business structure. They also include employees in it, they help them to know
their rights in personal or professional lives. Thus, government change their regulations and rules
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concerning business time to time, for knowing these changes firm need to stay connected or
update within the legislation laws. Company law affect employees and employers relationship,
owner treat workers according to the way of regulations and also hire other regarding the rules.
When it comes at international class business policy are related with trade activity. Organisation
need to follow some rules and regulations to complete their trading activity successfully, that
will impact on their growth in the world.
M4 Ethical, law and policies help in unwanted situation
According to health or care setting, organisation used law and policies stages in the
emergency case. They take decision by following legal procedure, they treat patients at the stage
of serious health issue. Government play there important role at the time they make such law and
policies that help and support people while they are suffering with such painful situations. They
provide first aid for treating them before going to the health care centres. This activity can save
people lives, on the other side organisation also focused on employees' health conditions and
provide them better policies that can improved their lives and secure their family as well.
CONCLUSION
It the report is has been concluded that health and safety very important for every one in
the economy. Government is the important part who play there role through making laws and
policies for saving or securing business activity and structure of employment. Policies help
organisation to perform their work in proper way that impact on their businesses. Worker's
follow rules and regulation according to policies that help in their growth. Law is a long term
process, included with many stages and legal structure. At in the end this report present the
impact of laws and policies on company and there used at the unwanted conditions.
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