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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE INTRODUCTION 3 TASK 13

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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE INTRODUCTION 3 TASK 13 1.1 Critical review of systems,policiesandproceduresatMid Staffordshire NHS Trust3 1.2 Assessing responsibilities in Mid Staffordshire trust 5 1.3 Analyzing health and safety priorities for Mid Staffordshire trust 5 Inadequate review and maintenance led to appalling standard of care 6 TASK 27 a) 7 Importance of conducting regular risk assessments 7 2.1 Use of information gained from risk assessment by Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust 8 2.2 Analysis of impact of

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Critical review of systems, policies and procedures at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust ....31.2 Assessing responsibilities in Mid Staffordshire trust ......................................................51.3 Analyzing health and safety priorities for Mid Staffordshire trust ..................................5Inadequate review and maintenance led to appalling standard of care..................................6TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7a) ............................................................................................................................................7Importance of conducting regular risk assessments...............................................................72.1 Use of information gained from risk assessment by Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust .......82.2 Analysis of impact of noncompliance with health and safety legislation......................102.3 Addressing dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing systems and policies .112.4 Analysis of effect of non compliance with health and safety legislation ......................11TASK 3 .........................................................................................................................................123.1 Procedures for monitoring and reviewing health and safety practices ..........................123.2 Analyzing enforcement of health and safety policy leading to development of positiveculture...................................................................................................................................123.3 Evaluation of own contribution to placing the health and safety needs of the individuals 13CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION Health and safety is an important consideration that needs to be taken into account by allthe practitioners in Health and Social Care (HSC). Here, integrated services are provided to thepeople by health care providers (Akintoye and Chinyio, 2005). Providing for the health andsafety of staff, service users and visitors is an important aspect for successful operation of ahealth care organization. The present report has been prepared to address the health and safetyissues that were identified in Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. An understanding has beendeveloped about the importance of carrying out continuous monitoring and implementation ofhealth and safety legislation within a health care organization. The report will also considersignificance of record keeping, monitoring and review of health and safety policies andprocedures. TASK 11.1 Critical review of systems, policies and procedures at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust There are various systems, policies and procedures at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust thatare followed for communicating information about Health and Safety at the work place. Theseare in accordance with the legislative requirements in UK on communication of healthinformation (Hillier and et.al., 2009). The trust has in place, a system, for providing integratedinformation of the patient to all the medical staff. As per this system, the staff is required to beaware and knowledgeable about all the medical history of the patient. This system also sets outthe task that information about a patient will be available in a form in which it can be easily andquickly accessed by all the medical staff. This system is in accordance with Health and SocialCare Act 2001. As per this legislation, the health care providers have the power to processpatient's information for diagnosis and treatment (Information governance, 2015). However, itcan be critically analyzed that this system is not appropriately followed at the trust. The staff donot consider it as their duty to obtain all the relevant information about the patient they aretreating. Another piece of legislation in UK is Electronic Communications Act 2000 (Informationgovernance, 2015). As per this Act, the health care providers are allowed for creation and
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transmission of prescriptions by electronic means. In order to comply with this legislation, theMid Staffordshire NHS Trust has a procedure regarding communication of medical informationbefore the patient is treated. According to it, the staff is required to create and refer to themedical details of the patient prior to providing treatment (Read and Johnson, 2012). They arealso allowed to carry out transmission of this information to other staff who are taking care of thepatient in hospital. However, it can be critically evaluated that this procedure is not followed atthe trust. This is evident from the case of death of a patient named Gillian. The patient died asthe staff did not bother to read the details which interpreted that she was diabetic. As the staff donot refer to the details of patient, it poses risks to their health and safety. The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has policy in place for providing protection to the dataof the patients. This is in accordance with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998.according to this Act, health information is considered to be of sensitive nature. Healthprofessionals need to share information about the patients (Davies and et.al., 2012.). As per thisAct, before sharing the information about a patient, his consent is to be obtained. Also, thislegislation has eight principle according to which the information should be:Processed for limited purposeFairly and lawfully processedAccurateAdequate and relevantCannot be kept longer than as requiredProcessed as per the rights of the subjectSecureTransferred to countries only after adequate protection As such, the policy that trust follows requires the staff to abide by these principles.However, it can be critically analyzed that the these principles are not followed at the trust. Theinformation is not processed as per the rights of the patient.
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