Significance of Free Health Screening and Immunization Services for Healthcare Staff

This article examines the importance of providing free health screening and immunization services to healthcare staff in order to enhance their development, management, and leadership skills. It presents a case study of Portland Hospital, a private maternity hospital in London.

Free Health Screening And
Immunisation For The Health
Care Staff

Table of Contents
Title..................................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................1
Overview of Research.................................................................................................................1
Research aims and objectives......................................................................................................1
Research questions......................................................................................................................2
Scope of the Research.................................................................................................................2
Rationale of the Research............................................................................................................2
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................2
The basic understanding about health screening and immunisation services.............................2
The management and leadership frameworks influencing development, change in behaviour
and practices of nursing staff......................................................................................................3
The significance of free health screening and immunization services for healthcare staff.........4
Chapter 3: Research Methodology...................................................................................................5
Types of Investigation.................................................................................................................5
Research design...........................................................................................................................5
Research approach......................................................................................................................5
Research philosophy...................................................................................................................5
Data collection method...............................................................................................................5
Sampling method .......................................................................................................................5
Data Analysis..............................................................................................................................5
Accessibility issues.....................................................................................................................5
Ethical considerations.................................................................................................................5
Validity and reliability................................................................................................................5
Chapter 4: Data Analysis.................................................................................................................5
Questionnaire..............................................................................................................................5
Data Interpretation......................................................................................................................5
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................5
Reflective Statement...................................................................................................................5

REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Title
“To identify the significance of free health screening and immunization services for
healthcare staff to influence development including management and leadership. A case study
on Portland Hospital.”
Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview of Research
Free health screening refers to examine the human being in order to identify presence
health problems earlier for treating them easily. It is necessary for people to examined by
physicians as it is favourable to determine serious disease at initial stage so that they can be
easily get treated. However, immunisation can be described as the criterion of improving
immunity of human body in regards to fight and resists to external infections of other health
issues accordingly. In addition to this, it has been analysed that healthcare organisations should
put efforts to and provide required services to employees for enhance their own immunity in
terms of remaining healthy. It is observed that care practitioners must have proper healthy
condition because it impact positively on their clinical performance. In addition to this,
maintenance of staff health is effective to manage work pressure in healthcare organisations and
facilitate delivery of appropriate medical facilities to patients.
Background of the study – In context of this investigation, it is based on Portland Hospital
which is a private maternity hospital for women and children owned by hospital corporation of
America on Great Portland Street, London opened in the year around 1983. The Portland was
originally conceived by a paediatrician Barry Lewis, who saw a need for a private hospital at
London for children and women. The services are also marketed internationally and in 2015
around 25% of hospital earning came from patients living overseas. Many royal family members
have born in Portland hospital. This hospital provide broad range of medical services like
antenatal and postnatal classes, endometriosis services and treatments, specialising in paediatrics,
maternity, children's orthopaedic and women's health. Over 600 experienced consultants work in
diagnostic department including ultrasound, CT scan, radiology scanners, MRI.
Research aims and objectives
Aim -
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“To identify the significance of free health screening and immunization services for
healthcare staff to influence development including management and leadership. A case study on
Portland Hospital.”
Research objectives -
 To develop the basic understanding about health screening and immunisation services.
 To analyse the management and leadership frameworks influencing development, change
in behaviour and practices of nursing staff.
 To evaluate the significance of free health screening and immunization services for
healthcare staff.
Research questions
 What is the basic understanding about health screening and immunisation services?
 How to analyse the management and leadership frameworks influencing development,
change in behaviour and practices of nursing staff?
 How to evaluate the significance of free health screening and immunization services for
healthcare staff?
Scope of the Research
This investigation has a scope to determine more efficient ways of maintain health staff
of hospital which facilitate to deliver better care facilities to people.
Rationale of the Research
Chapter 2: Literature Review
The basic understanding about health screening and immunisation services
The health screening can be explained as a way of identifying any kind of disease in
regards to make appropriate decision for providing correct treatment to an individual. It includes
the criterion of carry out screening earlier which is favourable to detect complicated health
problems at initial level. However, it will provide support to provide proper treatment to make
patients cure from from specific disease. It is essential for managers and leader sin healthcare
organisation or organise free heath screening programs for staff members in order to maintain
their appropriate health condition. Moreover, it is helpful to manage proper health of staff
members in Portland Hospital which facilitate to enhance their performance along with
increasing patients outcomes.
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On the other hand, immunisation can be described as a way of improving strength of
immune system to resist against health problems and other infections. It is important to boost up
immunity of an individual which helps to save them from various viral, bacterial or fungal
infections for remaining well-being. Meanwhile, it is essential to put efforts for conducting
immunisation programs for staff members in given hospitals so that they will not get infected
while treating patients with infectious diseases. It is necessary for care practitioners to take
precautions and use methods to maintain their appropriate health to perform effectively for
patients wellness.
As per view given by Bobby Joseph and Merlyn Joseph (2016), health care employees
are those who provide services and care either interdependently with doctors or independently as
a nurse, helpers, lab technicians or hospital waste handlers. This industry delivers one of the
most harmful and unsafe environment to their staff, so, regular screening at daily or scheduled
basis and immunisation is required for ensuring their health, which can be done by undergoing
pre employment checks, frequent health surveillance, hospital health checks which is offered to
everybody in five years and lifestyle assessment which involve general health checks regular
checks to determine risks and present health condition of staff and to provide preventive
measures and precautions for improving welfare among employees.
The management and leadership frameworks influencing development, change in behaviour and
practices of nursing staff
Management is basically a process of directing and controlling projects of the
organization regardless of its nature, size, structure and type. Management framework follows a
set of tasks, process and different tools and template use by the management team for completion
of a project. Different models and frameworks are implemented in the organization to tackle a
particular situation. It is necessary to use effective management models in order to manage
change in practices of employees for increasing regular patients outcomes. On the other hand,
Leadership is an art of an individual to influence and motivate other members of organization.
This framework and structure involves variety of tools and models as per the situation arises.
Meanwhile, it is favourable to utilise appropriate leadership framework in terms of change
management in terms of facilitating development in Portland Hospital and increase effectiveness
of clinical procedures respectively.
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The significance of free health screening and immunization services for healthcare staff
The free health screening and immunisation is necessary to manage staff's better health so
that they can be perform effectively while providing care to patients for welfare. A workforce is
an important possession for any organisation, so its essential to promote their well being and
health. The main aim of this process is to give a broad summary of healthcare staff's health status
and also aid to detect any diseases and risk factors like obesity, high blood sugar, poor diet,
drinking alcohol, high cholesterol, lack of exercise, high blood pressure, smoking at prior stages,
this is important because health care staff is always surrounded by people having dreadful
diseases and as a result of immunisation and free health screening programmes vaccine
preventable diseases transmission can be minimised.
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Chapter 3: Research Methodology
Types of Investigation
Research design
Research approach
Research philosophy
Data collection method
Sampling method
Data Analysis
Accessibility issues
Ethical considerations
Validity and reliability
Chapter 4: Data Analysis
Questionnaire
Data Interpretation
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations
Conclusion
Recommendations
Reflective Statement
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Online
Joseph B. and Joseph M., 2016. The health of the healthcare workers. [Online]. Available
through:<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299814/>
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