Health and Social Care: Standards, Principles, and Legislation

Running Head: Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care

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Health and Social Care
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Standards of Health and Social Care...........................................................................................................2
Common Induction Standards.....................................................................................................................2
Principles of Care for Nursing.....................................................................................................................3
Record Keeping...........................................................................................................................................3
Equality and Diversity.................................................................................................................................4
Case Studies................................................................................................................................................4
Key Legislation.............................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................................................6

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Health and Social Care
Introduction
Health and Social Care is defined as services which are provided by the health and social
care providers to people. This term is generally used for referring the healthcare provision
infrastructure with regards to both public and private sectors. The practitioners in health & care
always possess good social skills while working with the patients all the time. They also require
developed emotional intelligence for handling more challenging people.
Standards of Health and Social Care
For delivering a good quality social care services, there is a need of leadership that is
strategic & clear operation management. The leaders who use National occupational standards
always feel that the standards are helpful for reinforcing the link to operational management
from strategy and service standards. There is always huge variety in standards and they benefit
from comprehensive coverage and user focus. These standards cover complete UK and they are
developed by LSIS (Learning and Skills Improvement Services). The basic of all standards is to
take care of the patients in any situation and provide them with the best facility possible. NOS
give the statements of skills and information required by supported employment workforce
(Care, 2006).
Common Induction Standards
There are in total eight common introduction standards:
1. The role of health and social care worker standard
2. Standards for individual development
3. Effectual communiqué Standard
4. Impartiality and Inclusion Standard
5. Implementation of the duty of care and its principles