Impact of Policies, Legislation, and Codes of Practice in Healthcare

This report delves into the impact of policies, legislation, regulation, and codes of practice within the healthcare sector, particularly in residential care homes. It begins by outlining five crucial codes of practice for social care team leaders, emphasizing their role in protecting service users' rights, building trust, and upholding public confidence. The report then explores the relationship between social care policies and national legislation, specifically referencing the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and how these frameworks shape organizational policies. Furthermore, it assesses the influence of these policies on the operational framework of a residential care home, highlighting the importance of legislation and regulations in achieving organizational goals. The assignment also examines the roles and responsibilities of a team leader, including problem-solving, supervision, and ethical conduct, while also suggesting ways team leaders can contribute to the development of health and social care policies and meet good practice requirements through continuous professional development. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and reinforcing the significance of these elements in delivering quality healthcare services.

BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT OF POLICY,
LEGISLATION, REGULATION,
CODES OF PRACTICE AND

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
2.1 Five important Code of Practice.......................................................................................1
2.2 Relation of social care policies with national legislation.................................................2
2.3 The impact of policy, legislation, regulation, and codes of practice on organisational
policy......................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
Covered in PPT.......................................................................................................................2
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................2
4.1 Own Roles and responsibilities........................................................................................2
4.2 Contribution for development of social and health care organisation policy...................3
4.3 Recommendation to meet good practice requirements....................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The policies, legislation and codes of practices are designed in order to maintain
discipline in the healthcare organisation and to provide quality services to the patients (Munn-
Giddings and Winter, 2013). In accordance with this context, the report will help in
understanding the impact of policy, legislation, regulation, codes of practices which are made in
healthcare organisation. Further, the theories that underpin health and social care practices will
be examined in this report. The roles and responsibilities of team leader working in healthcare
organisation will be assessed in this assignment.
TASK 2
2.1 Five important Code of Practice
As a social care team leader, the code of practice will help in providing the knowledge and role
which is expected to played in the health care organisation. The five important code of practices
which follows in Residential Care Home are listed below:
1. Protect rights and promote interest of service users and carers: The code of practice
will assist the health and social care workers to protect the rights and provide them
effective quality of service.
2. Strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of service users and carers:
The health and social care worker must build the relationship of trust with the patient in
order to increase his or her confidence (Aveyard, 2014). This can be done by being
honest, making clear communication with the user, etc.
3. Promote the independence of the service users while protecting them: By informing the
immediate supervisor about the inappropriate practice of social care worker a team leader
can promote independence of the service of users.
4. Respect the rights of service users: Recognising the rights of service users and helping
them by addressing their issues, social and healthcare workers can respect their rights
efficiently (Skills for health, 2017).
5. Uphold public trust and confidence in social care services: By not abusing, neglecting
or harming service users, carers and colleagues, a social worker can uphold the public
trust and confidence.
Thus, these code of practice will assist the team leader and new social care worker by providing
them precise guidelines they must follow appropriately.
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2.2 Relation of social care policies with national legislation
According to the “Health and Social Care Act 2012, it is the duty and responsibility of
the healthcare providers to monitor health and well being boards to make it easier for health and
social care providers to work together. The act is related with the social care policies and code of
practices of Residential Care Home (Aveyard and Sharp, 2013). The policies of the healthcare
home is to provide effective quality of the healthcare services to the users by working
collectively and collaboratively. Further, the law mandates to protect and prevent the rights of
patients and carers in order to gain their trust and confidence. It is one the code of practice which
is followed by the organisation that mandates the social worker to protect and respect the rights
of service users.
2.3 The impact of policy, legislation, regulation, and codes of practice on organisational policy
The policies, legislation and code of practices greatly impacts on the organisational
policy of Residential Care Home. The aim of the organisation is to provide quality social care to
its service users so that it can move on the path of growth and development (Millar and Hall,
2013). The policies and legislations are the framework on the basis of which the healthcare
organisation works in order to accomplish the desired goals and objectives. Thus, without these
legislations and regulation, the Residential Care Home will not able to work effectively. The
organisational policy is to promote and prevent the rights of workers as well as services users.
The code of practices helps the worker by guiding them on the right path and on right direction.
TASK 3
Covered in PPT
TASK 4
4.1 Own Roles and responsibilities
In order to work collectively and collaboratively in the Residential Care Home, it is the duty and
responsibility of the team leader to cooperate with other workers and care users (Dickinson and
O'Flynn, 2016). The role played by team leader is to solve the complex problems that creates
issues within the organisation. It is the responsibility of team leader of Residential Care Home to
follow the code of practices and conducts in order to maintain discipline and harmony in the
organisation. In order to provide efficient care to the end user, it is the duty of the team leader to
monitor and supervise the work of other social workers and guide them in the right direction.
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4.2 Contribution for development of social and health care organisation policy
In order to develop the health and social care policy of Residential Care Home, team
leader can contribute by providing the holistic care by following all the guidelines and principles
of health and social care (Lowes and Hulatt, 2013). By doing ethical practices, managing
effectively the load of cases, continuing to promulgate professional knowledge, team leader can
contribute towards development of social and healthcare organisation policy.
4.3 Recommendation to meet good practice requirements
It is recommended to the team leader to improve the professional knowledge level. It is
very essential for the team leader to contributes towards good practice requirement. Further, by
ceaseless training, team leader can improve the skills and competencies which are very essential
and important in order to increase the effectiveness in quality of work.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that the policies and code of practices greatly
influences the organisational policy of health and social care. The five code of practice has been
discussed in this report. Further, the inter-relation of these practices with the national legislation
has been assessed. The theories like humanistic and social learning has been explained in this
report. The meaning of interprofessional working has been explained in this assignment and the
roles and responsibilities of the team leader has been discussed in the report.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Aveyard, H., 2014. Doing a literature review in health and social care: A practical guide.
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Dickinson, H. and O'Flynn, J., 2016. Evaluating outcomes in health and social care. Policy
Press.
Lowes, L. and Hulatt, I. eds., 2013. Involving service users in health and social care research.
Routledge.
Millar, R. and Hall, K., 2013. Social return on investment (SROI) and performance
measurement: The opportunities and barriers for social enterprises in health and social
care. Public Management Review, 15(6), pp.923-941.
Munn-Giddings, C. and Winter, R., 2013. A handbook for action research in health and social
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Skills for health. 2017. [Online]. Available
through:<http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/standards/item/217-code-of-conduct>
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