Health and Social Care Regulations

This assignment delves into the legal framework governing health and social care in the UK. It examines key legislation such as the Care Act 2014 and Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, outlining their impact on healthcare providers. The document further discusses organizational policies and practices crucial for maintaining safe and quality care, emphasizing ethical considerations and the importance of patient safety.

Law Policy and ethical practice in HSC

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Discussion of legislature, executive and judiciary setting for legal and policy landscape for
practitioners in social and health care.........................................................................................1
M1 How ethics informing health and care..................................................................................2
P2 Key features of legislation, safety guidelines, code of practices, statuary guidance and
national and organisational policy..............................................................................................3
D1 Evaluating own national system of government...................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Implication of law policy and ethical practices in health and social care is essential for
managing safety in care practices. It helps in regulation practices of care providers which is the
most critical part of health care organisation. The assessment will outline legislation, executive
and judiciary setting for setting legal policy for care providers in care setting. It enables healthy
and safe heath care environment for health care provides as well as patients. Thus, it will
identify key features of safety guidelines, organisational policy, statuary practices and code of
practices for managing safe work environment.
TASK 1
P1 Discussion of legislature, executive and judiciary setting for legal and policy landscape for
practitioners in social and health care
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LEGISLATURE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY SETTING
It is necessary for the health and social care to
make organisational setting and work practices
with regard to key regulations and practices
enforces by judiciary, executives and parliament.
Legislature comprise parliaments and assemblies.
Executive comprise local authorities' government
and trust of health and social care. Judiciary
comprise Courts and tribunals. It is important for
care organisation to incorporate following acts:
Care Act 2014: This act is enforced by
parliament to support appropriate care services of
health practitioner. The act aim at controlling
activity of health care workers ins setting and
focuses on well-being and improved health
outcomes of patients. It is important for the
health and social care organisation to imply Care
acts as it promotes protection, prevention,
partnership, accountability and empowerment of
patients as well as care providers (Key legislation
- Health and safety legislation, 2018).
Health and Social Care Act 2012: This act
assist care providers in managing risk of health
inequalities which helps in supporting responsible
and integrates care services to patients (Health
and Social Care Act 2012, 2012).
Equality Act 2010: The act regulated activities
of care providers where the individual can
discriminate among patient on basis of age,
disability, sex, religion, belief, race, mental
stability, etc. It promotes equal care services for
all service users.
Health and safety at work Act 1974 which aim at
managing stable working condition of health care
workers which reduces the risk of mis management
or hazardous accidents. The act is enforced by
social and health care with the motive of
conducting reasonable and responsible health care
practices.
Thus, these are common regulation enforced by
parliaments an assembled to promote policy
landscape of health and social care organisation.
As per government and trust of health and social
care policy landscape it is important for the health
practitioner to follow nosing profession which aim
at respecting patient consent at every level of care
services like,
 Respecting patient confidentiality,
 Treating every patient equality with dignity
(Glasby, 2017)
 Gaining consent before making changes in
acre planning.
 Do not involve in personal relationships
with patients
Practices and policies by judiciary and executives
for health and social care are focused on protecting
and preventing care services with regard to patients.
The aim of tribunals and local authorities' is on
improving working pattern of care workers with the
motive of managing quality care services.
 The focus of authorities is on improving
health care services with the motive of
reducing health inequalities (Stanhope and
Lancaster, 2015).
 Setting intervention by effective liaison and
diversion.
 Managing person or patient centred care
services for managing safe and effective
care treatment
 Strengthening involvement of patient in care
services in order to improve health and
social services and to boost recovery.
 Integration of care services by driving
partnership and collaboration of patient and
health care provider
M1 How ethics informing health and care
Thus, the implication of polices and legislation is
monitored and controlled by Care Quality
commission which aim at ensuring excellence in
working practices of health care workers with every
patient. Further the commission ensure that
practices of health and social care organisation are
focused on treating every person with respect and
dignity. The commission is value driven therefore
its boundaries of monitoring revolves around
integrity and team work of health care practitioner s
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P2 Key features of legislation, safety guidelines, code of practices, statuary guidance and national and organisational policy
Health and social care organisation perform their role
by supporting and helping people in their lives. They
provide good facilities that improve person's health
and lives. Government made many laws and policies
which have to be followed by health and social care
firms. There are some key features of legislation,
statutory guidance, codes of practice etc.
Legislation is the process of making laws and policies
that impact on society welfare. Health and social care
act 2012 define the first legal duty regarding health
inequalities. According to this government include
some rules and regulations in this law that has to be
followed by every health and social care organisation.
They need to provide good health treatments to
people which help to improve their welfare. Health
and social care department like clinical
commissioning and public health UK need to
complete their duties through helping local people.
According to equality act 2010 government added
some rules and regulations that has to be followed by
every firms. This act defines that health and social
care organisation need to treat their patients equally
without any difference on the bases of age, gender etc.
firm need to provide equal health treatments to people
which improve their wellness.
Statutory guidance according to this health and social
care organisation need to follow some rules. There are
few principles which need to be applied in practices.
Safety is very important part which organisation needs
to be focused on each and every stage of treatments.
Competence, people who are included in these practices
need to be capable for giving treatments to person. They
need to be qualified, well experience and trained in their
work performance. Doctors and nurseries give proper
treatments to local people of the economy within
equality. They serve their best service to patients
without any inequality. They have all the knowledge
and understanding during give treatments to people.
Good quality service makes their image better than other
and helps to improve patient health faster. Doctors have
to followed legal process made by government in health
and social care. They also apply the same policies upon
the practices of other departments.
Codes of practice, this process related with social care
workers and their daily work practice in social care
organisation. According to this employer set roles and
responsibilities of their employees in the standard of
social care employees. Their position is set on the
national stage first time. It required that employers
match their standards fit out in their codes of practices.
Their main concern is that they need to support their
employees in social care services for matching their
code as well and then take correct action when
employees does not match their expected positions of
activity. Code main purpose is to set their exception
standard with their workers and gives appropriate
information about the services of treating public in
health and social welfare. Employers meet their modular
with legislation rules and policies. Incorporating
organisational and national policy in work practices play
crucial role for health and social care organisation in
managing safe and quality care services. Some
organisational polices are as follows:
 Culture of commitment in which HSC
demonstrates values where interaction with
patient, family, health care provides,
professionals play a crucial role in developing
care plan.
 Excellence and diversity are implied for
managing improvement and fostering
environment of teamwork, collaboration and
respect. Further, diversity supports interpersonal
styles, attitudes and behaviours, as well as
health-related belief.
 Honesty and fairness where focus of HSC is on
integrity towards patients, customers and co-
workers.
D1 Evaluating own national system of government
On the other hand, national polices of UK are focusing
on managing equality in health and social care practices
in order to reduce heath equality and provide equal
treatment to all care workers. Polices comprise Equality
act, Safeguarding act and Care Standards Act 2000. The
focus of national polices and legislation is on managing
quick decision in care organisation of improving delay
in health care services. Further, quality care in order to
manage improvement in care outcomes and fulfilment of
every basic requirement of patients on the basis of job
role like care providers are responsible for managing
care assessment like, medicine, recovery, therapies etc.
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CONCLUSION
The assessment summarized about legalisation, policies and practices which are
regulated by governing bodies of UK for managing safe practices of health care workers in
care organisation. It report outlined different legislation which promotes safe and quality care
practices of care providers like, Care Act 2014, Health and safety at work Act 1974, etc.
Further, it discussed about the needs of managing integrity, empowerment, equality and
partnership in decision making process of health care practitioners. Thus, it concluded by
stating about Key features of legislation, safety guidelines, code of practices which control
ethical functioning of health and social care organisation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
EUROPE eV, C.U.L.I.N.A.R.I.A., 2015. CODES OF PRACTICE.
Glasby, J., 2017. Understanding health and social care. Policy Press.
Hepple, B., 2014. Equality: The legal framework. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Kontos, E., and et.al., 2014. Predictors of eHealth usage: insights on the digital divide from
the Health Information National Trends Survey 2012. Journal of medical Internet
research. 16(7).
Stanhope, M. and Lancaster, J., 2015. Public health nursing-e-book: Population-centered
health care in the community. Elsevier Health Sciences.
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THE HSC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. 2018. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.hschealth.org/sites/default/files/docs/hsc-code-of-conduct-508.pdf>.
Key legislation - Health and safety legislation. 2018. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.scie.org.uk/publications/guides/guide15/legislation/otherlegislation/
healthandsafetylegislation.asp>.
Health and Social Care Act 2012. 2012. [Online]. Available through:
<https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/healthandsocialcare.html>.
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