Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Essay
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Health and Safety in theHealth and Social CareWorkplace
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1Covered in Poster........................................................................................................................1LO 2.................................................................................................................................................12.1 Analysis on role of risk assessment in care planning for individuals...................................12.2 Analysis of impact of health and safety policy on lifting and handling in health and socialcare practice................................................................................................................................22.3 Discussion on dilemma encountered by service providers in carrying out health and safetypolicies and procedures...............................................................................................................32.4 Analysis of effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation in a health andsocial care setting........................................................................................................................3LO 3.................................................................................................................................................43.1 Reviewing and monitoring of health care services...............................................................43.2 Analysis effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in workplace.................53.3 Evaluation of own contribution in placing health and safety needs of individual................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTIONHealth and social care refers to the domain which works to fulfil the medical and socialneeds of service users (Carayon, 2016). This term encompasses infrastructure and servicesoffered by public and private sector in this domain. The professionals working in this domainprovides interactive and support services so that their aggregate needs of clients are met. Thework is carried out in distinct environment such as hospitals, community centres and independentsurroundings. This assignment aims to understand impact of health and care legislation on theservice offered to clients. Understanding ways in which practitioners carry out their operations inhealth and social care. The monitoring of reviewing of the health ans safety practices will bestudied at the end of this report.LO 1Covered in PosterLO 22.1 Analysis on role of risk assessment in care planning for individualsIt can be ascertained from the provided case study that United Kingdom is strugglingwith obesity in the country. It was revealed that around 40-70% of the population wascategorised as obese. To minimize the risk in this domain it is essential for a business to conductsan assessment so that major shortcoming of handling obese patients could be identified. Theinfrastructure and policy of the healthcare institution did not have a supportive environment forpeople who are prone with obesity. Risk assessment is crucial in planning strategies anddecisions for the future as it helps management in gaining familiarity with the areas that carriesa scope for improvement (Glasby, 2017). The management of Staffordshire (NHS division)should conduct a risk assessment so that major factors which can cause accidents in the futurecould be identified. Upon conducting an assessment it has been identified that the policy and infrastructure ofthis healthcare institution is not able to cater the medical and emotional needs of obese patients.The staff does not possess ideal training and skills to deal with the service users in the bestpossible manner. This can be termed as the big risk as they will be unable to cope with criticalcircumstance which may arise with the user. There is an absence in the Bariatrics policy with thisinstitution. It is referred to an surgical procedure which assists an obese person to lose weight if1
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