Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care

Contemporary Social
Issue

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Discuss a variety of contemporary issues within the health and social care sector that could
influence service improvement...............................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
Discuss the key perspective and its impact upon care delivery..............................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
Hypothesize a potential outcome to minimise disruption to services, based upon identified
contemporary issues...............................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
References:.......................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
While talking about health care the first thing that clicks the mind is the hospitals, doctors,
nurses, clinics etc. But health care also includes therapist, paramedics, technology professionals
and chiropractors etc. who help the people to live healthy and well (Mason and et. al., 2020).
Healthcare is the organisation that provides the medical care via treatment of disease, surgery,
prevention etc. to the people of society and communities. Along with this there is another term
social care which sometimes is correlated with the healthcare but social care is the provision of a
social work for the health and welfare of the personal care and protection of the society
excluding health care. The present report discusses about the contemporary challenges faced by
healthcare and social care due to the impact of Covid-19 and the Brexit in the UK. Report also
describes impact of National perspective on the effective care delivery. At last report provides
recommendation on the basis of the perspective and the issues on the healthcare.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Discuss a variety of contemporary issues within the health and social care sector that could
influence service improvement
Health and social care plays a crucial role in developing the country and to give the medical
services and treatments to the people in the society. In the contemporary world the health and
social care issues are occurring in the current situation due the global pandemic Covid-19 and
Brexit in UK (Hathaliya and Tanwar, 2020). The Covid-19 has put the health and social care into
the undesirable inequalities and under the extraordinary strain. Even the Brexit that is UK vote to
leave the EU has majorly impacted the health and social care because health and social care start
facing the financial pressure due to the Brexit has ushered the economic and political turmoil for
the huge period. The contemporary issues within the health and social care sector that could
influence service improvement are:
Staffing: The Brexit has caused many practitioners of the health and social care sector to come
out of UK to the EU as per the EU's policy of freedom of movement and mutual recognition
(Stanhope and Lancaster, 2019). The National Health Service is currently struggling in recruiting
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