Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care

Law, Policy And Ethical Practice
In Health And Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Key legislations & national policies, statutory guidance and codes of practice.........................3
Role of laws, policies and ethics in context of patient's safety & care.......................................4
Ways of workers to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and national policies through
ethical practice............................................................................................................................5
Impact of different equality legislation and equity while safeguarding individuals...................6
Relationship between law, policy and ethics in relation to practices..........................................7
Comparison between national & organisational policies against national professional
standards......................................................................................................................................7
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
Describe how the legislature, the executive and the judiciary set out the legal and policy
landscape for Health and Social Care practitioners....................................................................7
Relationship between key legislation and national policy of direct relevance to health & social
care practice................................................................................................................................8
Ethical practices including examples of ethical dilemmas to deal with by ensuring
consideration of ethical codes of practice...................................................................................8
Examples of tasks conducted that meet national professional standards of safe and non-
discriminatory practice................................................................................................................8
Importance of national system of government including relevant issues and improvements.....8
Different legislation and policy in regard to being able to work safely and healthily in health
& care settings.............................................................................................................................8
Human Rights Laws for England and the rest inform about equal and fair ways of treatment. .8
Importance of relevant legislation and national policies while informing rights &
responsibilities for practitioners working in the setting..............................................................8
INTRODUCTION
Law, Policy and Ethical Practise is defined as the set of regulation which is required to be
followed by any of the individual. This rules and regulation are commenced by the authorised

department of a ruling government. The most important things is that it is necessary to be followed.
Law, Policy and Ethical practise is important because it gives the guidelines through which working
condition becomes easy and suitable. This report will be based on Winterbourne case study of
institutional abuse. It is one of the small village located in England, UK. The population of Winterbourne
is below 20,000 and there are various problem which is going on at the moment. The topics that will be
covered in this respective file will be related to legislature, executive and the judiciary and there plans
and policies for the betterment of health and social care practitioner. Explanation will also relate to key
legislation and national policy of direct relevance to health care. Also, there will be the interpretation to
the law and key ethical and professional practice themes in health and social care. At the end, law and
policies will be applied as per the relevant practice setting.
PART 1
Key legislations & national policies, statutory guidance and codes of practice
The legislation, statutory guidance and codes of practices are very helpful to to conduct various
clinical practices in appropriate manner. These are supportive to make accurate decision making about
care facilities and facilitate to gain better outcomes for patients. In context of selected case study based
on Winterbourne, it has been analysed that patients suffering from autism or learning disability get
abused by practitioners which is an extreme level of torture for them and it impacts negatively on
condition of people. However, it is necessary for care professionals to follow desired legislations,
statutory guidance and codes of practices in which some of them are given below.
Legislations & national policies
Care Act 2014 – This can be described as an appropriate legal framework for care professionals
and local health care authorities to protect people from risk of any kind of abuse and neglect. They
should put efforts to evaluate the abusing incidents of individuals and take effective actions to save
them. In case of Winterbourne, the care professionals should follow guidance provided by framework of
Care Act 2014 for reducing problem of abuse of disable people at healthcare institution. They can report
to legal authorities about those practitioners who abuse and harm patients in any manner.
Health & Social Act 2012 – This is known as a legal set of principle which provide instructions to
care practitioners in terms of providing secure healthcare services and treatment to needy people. It
consist the criterion of putting efforts to improve effectiveness and safety of patients while providing
medical facilities for their well being. The care professionals working in Winterbourne should focus oh
this legislation and follow it to give safe and appropriate care services to make them healthy.
Codes of practice
The codes of practices consist number of factors which are required to be focussed by medial
professionals at the time of providing treatment to patients for their well being. It consist different types
of people having mental or physical disorders and they must gain proper facilities by appropriate efforts
of care practitioners in healthcare institutions. In context of Winterbourne scandal, employees were not
well trained and attempt abusive activities with individuals having problem of autism or learning
disability. They should follow code of practices while providing care services to people which are
described here.