Implementation of policies, legislation, regulations and codes of practice

Principle of health
and
Social care practice
(PART 2)

Implementation of policies, legislation,
regulations and codes of practice
 To ensure quality of services that
is being provided to the users,
various policies, laws and
regulations have been formulated
by the government which are
important considerations in code
of practices.
 Health care sector is very
sensitive and requires proper
handling including risks factors as
well.

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 Data protection act must be obeyed by the workers and should
ensure data confidentiality as well. They should not share
information about the patients to anyone without having prior
permission from them.
 According to this act, only authorised person has rights to access
the details.
 There is another regulation known as Control of Substance
Hazardous to Health Regulation.
 According to this act, chemical substances should be added only
when necessary otherwise use of chemical agents and ingredients
should be prohibited.

Development of legal and local policies' accordance with
requirements
 As per national policies, care
homes are also required to
maintain them in the
organization.
 All these developed
procedures acts as guidelines
for the institutes that helps
them in carrying out their
business operations.
 Scope of local policy is
limited whereas national
policies has wider extent..