Health Care Environment - PEST Analysis Depaul

Healthcare Environment

INTRODUCTION
In order to provide welfare to societies and prevent people from high risk of
uncertainties, many NGOs and organisations of London run various programs. As thousands of
people are facing homelessness issues especially children, therefore, to provide a sustainable life,
many charitable trusts of UK give support to government for the same (Alewine and Stone,
2013). The present assignment is going to discuss about one of the charity association named by
DePaul who provides shelter and accommodations to children and young people, to live a better
life. Currently it wants to open a centre in Royal Borough of Greenwich, London in order to
provide healthcare services and other accommodations to vulnerable children. To check viability
of idea, its management is going to analyse the current scenario of this city, which helps in
measuring the success or failure of new project over there. For this purpose, PEST tool is taken
to evaluate changing factors of macro environment. Furthermore, recommendation is also given
to DePaul in launching its new centre in Greenwich.
PEST
PEST analysis refers to a strategic tool that helps in analysing the macro environment of
organisation. It focuses on various factors like political, economic, social and technology that
impacts directly on organisation and financial players of marketplace (Fengou, Mantas and
Lymberopoulos, 2012). In context with Royal Borough of Greenwich, this city was formed in
1965 in South-east London. In order to launch a business here, it is essential for any entrepreneur
to overview the reliability of project. In this regard, PEST analysis entails a great detail about
operating challenges a company will face in prevalent with changing factors of macro
environment. Through this analysis, organisation dealing in any sector can make mind or
strategy how to deal with such situations, like unstable political environment, economical
fluctuations, facts and figures of number of population, etc. This analysis also gives an idea
about different external environmental aspects, which will aid both profit and non-profit
organisation to get understand the whole scenario more transparent (Almutairi, Dahinten and
Rodney, 2015). In context with charities and trustees who establish rehabilitation centre in order
to help homelessness and other problems of vulnerable societies, can understand needs of them
properly by using Pest analysis.
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Overview of Charity and its aims
Young people are sleeping rough is considered as one of the most shocking and increasingly
problems in Greenwich and other cities of London. Here, thousands of people are seen who more
spending their night on buses, roads or sofa surfing (Garkoti, Peddoju and Balasubramanian,
2014). In this regard, family breakdown, child sexual exploitation, exiting gangs and leaving
foster care are few of the reasons where young people especially belongs 16 to 25 years are
referred to local authority due to risk of homelessness. They would help homeless people
housing and support, food and health services etc. to live a better life. Concern on such issues of
homeless young people, charity members have opened an organisation by the name DePaul. This
housing association is now working with young people age, who are experiencing homelessness
and problems in living a sustaining life, to provide emergency accommodation, supported
housing and other services, in order to help needy people in rebuilding their (Kim and Chung,
2014).
DePaul provides a range of accommodation and services for homeless young people for
better settlement of life. It currently wants to open a new centre in Royal Borough of Greenwich,
in order to give emotional and practical support to homeless youngsters in finding a correct job,
earning money and live independently lives (Moore, 2013).
Main Aim: DePaul mainly targets to provide shelter to at least 10,000 homeless young people
within a year, by working in collaboration with business co-partners.
Support Service: It provides accommodations, health support as well as life skills to homeless
and vulnerable people (Kim, Kim and Eom, 2013). This would help in getting training and
personality development opportunity to get an employment in specific field.
DePaul’s Impact: Providing practical and emotional support in other cities of London and UK
to vulnerable people, for earning a good life, aid DePaul in becoming one of the effective charity
association (Graves and Fitchett, 2012). Its supporters and core business partners have been
swapping beds for sleeping bags, in order to raise money and bring awareness for vulnerable and
homeless people, to get shelter here.
Mission: “The current mission of DePaul charity association is to open a new charitable centre
in Royal Borough of Greenwich, where maximum minority belongs to black people.”
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PEST Analysis on Royal Borough of Greenwich
Political
 As per JSNA identification,
Government policy related to
education, public health and other of
Greenwich London has affected
children and youngsters to certain
degree (Siani and Maillard, 2015).
There is cyclical relationship between
employment and crime for young
people. Punishment of offenders can
disrupt access to the educational and
employment opportunities typically
available in emerging adulthood,
resulting in a cycle of criminal activity,
punishment, and employment
difficulties can continue throughout the
life course.2
 Some condition of marketplace of
Greenwich London Borough like
poverty, malnutrition, inadequate
healthcare, safe water, environmental
pollution, sexual harassment, housing,
unemployment etc. threaten the future
of youngsters and children. It is
therefore, affect the future of societies
also in which they live.
 Transformation of societal structure,
shifting employment patterns and more,
also have a strong impact on
Social
 CCG Supporters supports more than 24
million of Medicare beneficiaries and
near about 100,000 healthcare
providers nationwide in providing
shelter, housing and health related
services to vulnerable and
homelessness people.
 CCG has more than 1,000 experienced
people who give support in providing
services related to medical necessity
and improvement of better live of
vulnerable (Moore, 2014).
 Medical Review team of CCG is
responsible to create an extensive array
related to self-help resources and
oversee the development as well as
implementation of Local Coverage
Determination.
 Hackney JSNA making plans to
coverage the risk factors that are
associated with child development and
lead to poor life chances. It includes
financial issues, adverse childhood
experience, family breakdown, teenage
parenthood and more.
 Figures for Greenwich as per JSNA
report shows high life chance
inequalities but there is a continued
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youngsters. Hackney council in this
regard, provide support to youth to
overcome from risks of homelessness.
 Regulatory policies, new strategies of
councils for prevention of
homelessness, changing policies with
new government and governance
system prove beneficial for Hackney
JSNA in planning for youngsters with
learning disabilities to minimise use of
residential care.
 CCG administers provides a range of
services to healthcare providers and
Medicare beneficiaries for
improvement life of vulnerable people.
improvement, particularly in areas of
education and child poverty. Along
with this, homelessness and other
vulnerable conditions are still showing
worsening trends.
Economic
 The country council makes a
contribution of near about £16.5M for
social care and provide shelter to
homeless people (Fengou, Mantas and
Lymberopoulos, 2012). It also provides
funds to meet aspiration of children to
remain at home and prevent them from
unnecessary dependence on care
services.
 Hackney-funded Child Poverty Pilots
have represented the short-term support
to people having financial difficulties
and housing related problems. The
multi-agency here tailored the support
to individual for getting an engagement
Technological
 In order to get information related to
homelessness and to prevent children
from same, Hackney JSNA has created
an app which helps in gathering the
same.
 Through increasing cyber activities and
active participation of people,
information related to psychological
distress, social isolation and abuse can
be systematic reviewed (Almutairi,
Dahinten and Rodney, 2015).
 As per CCG report, residents of
Greenwich actively participate on
social site apps to provide support to
non-profit and profit organisations in
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in longer term employment plans. This
would support in short-term benefits for
well-being of children.
 Some comprehensive prevention
strategies are going to implement by
Hackney JSNA that target students,
teachers and school management as
well as entire communities as a whole.
In this regard, a well-known
comprehensive programme that is
School-Wide Positive Behavioural
Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS),
intends to give support for improving
school climate and reducing problem
behaviours. For this assistance,
Hackney has committed for near about
£2M in order to tackle people
homelessness with over a three to four-
year period.
 As per CCG report, The Royal Borough
of Greenwich seems to be committed
for offering a good quality of life to its
every citizen. In this regard, people
having dementia face issues related to
getting an engagement with normal life,
get support by government and multi-
agencies (Garkoti, Peddoju and
Balasubramanian, 2014).
 The Royal Borough Greenwich takes
charges from organisations who
provide health and social care services
giving help to homeless and vulnerable
people.
 This city has plenty of internal
competition that give opportunity to
organisation to stimulate growth
expertise in science and field. There is
good access to technology.
 Technological advancement give
support to entrepreneurs and social
workers in running their campaigning
for welfare of societies more
appropriately.
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like community meals, home care
facilities and accommodations to
homelessness and vulnerable people,
especially children.
Political:
Hackney Council has given high commitment to prevent and reduce homelessness, by
tackling the main reasons behind homelessness and giving support to youngsters to live a better
life. The new Homelessness Strategy of response of Hackney JSNA (Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment) is made in order to respond towards period of unprecedented change, it majorly
focuses on rebuilding the social housing and welfare reforms (Kim and Chung, 2014). The main
aim behind new policies and strategies is to deliver the accessible services for prevention of
homelessness and assistance of homeless households, by focusing on long term affordable as
well as sustainable housing. Here, primary strategic concern is given on finding the effective
sustainable housing solutions for people that is at high risk of homelessness. JSNA give support
to children by providing proper education, high quality as well as innovative services to
homeless households.
CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) intends to run best medical practices and give
support to healthcare providers as well as Medicare beneficiaries for welfare of vulnerable
societies. It helps health promoters and organisations that work for improving health and
vulnerable conditions of people (Kim, Kim and Eom, 2013). In addition to this, CGS also work
to find reasons that arise risk of uncertainties like sexual harassment, family breakdown, child
exploitation, exiting gangs and other activities that create leaving foster care. Through these
findings, Council and corporate governance makes plans to improve condition of societies and
enhance sustainable life.
Economic:
The Hackney council give funds and financial help of near about £16.5M in order to
provide support to NGOs and charity organisations who work for social care and provide shelter
to homeless people (Graves and Fitchett, 2012). Government also give support to meet aspiration
of children for remaining at home and preventing them from unnecessary dependence on care
services.
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CCG intends to give commitment to offer services and financial help to health promoters
and NGOs who provide a good quality of life to vulnerable people (Alewine and Stone, 2013).
Through this support, health and social service providers help children who are at major risk of
homelessness and facing issues related to sustain normal life.
Social:
Medical Review team and higher authorities of CCG are majorly responsible for creating
an extensive array about development of self-help resources. They also oversee for social
development and implementation of plans for Local Coverage Determination.
As there is a cyclical relationship between crime and for young people. Therefore,
punishment to offenders has disrupted access to educational as well as employment
opportunities, which are typically available in emerging adulthood. This leads to create a cycle of
criminal activity, including punishment and employment difficulties etc. that impact on
development of youngsters (Siani and Maillard, 2015). Therefore, Hackney JSNA also makes
plan to reduce these uncertainties that create impact on well-being of youngsters.
Technological:
Hackney Council has launched many apps as StreetLink, SWEP (Severe Weather
Emergency Protocol), New Horizon Youth Centre and more and more. Through these links
people under vulnerable conditions and observe others in facing the homeless situations, can
approach government authorities to get shelter and other accommodation services (Moore,
2014). Here, New Horizon Centre is specially launched to youngsters of age 16 to 25 years,
where they can make contact to local authorities for getting social services (Get Help, 2019).
Information related to some useful helplines are also available in this site that includes- Crises
(0300 636 1967), Shelter (0808 800 4444) and Get Connected (0808 808 4994), Run Away
Helplines (116 000), Child line (0800 1111) etc. Through these apps children and youth can
approach local authorities to find a job, training opportunities and more. This would give them
opportunity to live a sustainable life.
CCG also launch an app as ‘housing app and advice team’ where people facing health
issues, mental problems and other can approach to government to get help. This technology give
support to health promoters and Medical beneficiaries in improving health and condition of
people (Moore, 2013). They can get many options to live sustainable life and prevent from risk
of unnecessary dependence of others for the same.
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RECOMMENDATION
From above PEST analysis, it has been analysed that government and local authorities of
Royal Borough of Greenwich provides support to people facing high uncertainty of risks related
to homelessness. They provide financial, practical and emotional support to health promoters and
NGOs in helping people to overcome from uncertainty of homeless. Therefore, it has
recommended to DePaul that idea for launching new centre in this city of London proves
beneficial for providing welfare to societies.
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