Mental Health Care: Research and Analysis

RESEARCH PROJECT
(Health and social care services provisions to service users with
mental illness)

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: ABSTRACT.............................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................5
CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.............................................................................7
Research questions...............................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH FINDINGS........................................................................................13
CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION AND REVIEW..............................................................................17
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
Media presentation...............................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19

CHAPTER 1: ABSTRACT
Government has made various provision in order to provide effective health care services
to the patients. All these provisions are able to enhance effectiveness of care services. Present
study assesses health and social care service provision to the service users with mental illness.
Furthermore, it identifies factors that impact on mental patients and their condition. In addition,
it explains positive and negative aspects of provisions of health and social care system for mental
illness people.
CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Mental health issues are increasing in the UK; more than one out of six adults are
suffering from the mental illness. Over a period of time, National Health Services
(NHS) has improved the health and social care setting as well as provisions. By this way, more
people are able to get treatment in the hospitals. It works in a direction so that clinical needs of
individuals can be met and they can get recovered soon. Government is continuously working for
improving services for users (Long-term mental health care for people with severe mental
disorders, 2011). Statistical records show that in the year 2014, comprehensive inspection on
mental health services has occurred in the England. It has been identified that there are many
people who are suffering from the mental illness but they are unable to get services in hospitals.
After that, authorities have developed 54 NHS mental health trusts and 221 independent care
homes in the country.
The main agenda of government is to provide high quality care services to patients so that
they get recovered soon and their mental condition can be improved. In order to provide them
quality care, government and concerned department makes effective provisions and make
modifications in the existing health care system. There are many reasons of suffering from
mental illness which are like family pressure, work life balance issues, loneliness, economic
issues, etc. All these factors increase the risk of mental illness in society. This is the reason that
number of mental cases are increasing in the United Kingdom (Key legislation - Mental Health
Act 1983, 2013). Government of the UK makes plan so that patients with mental health issues
can receive immediate care in the hospitals and no discrimination will take place with them. In
order to fulfil this objective, authorities have provided extra funds to hospitals so that health care

professionals can implement the latest technologies and provide them quality psychological
treatment. This can help them in improving their condition and they can get recovered soon.
Mental Health Act 2007 has been introduced by government of UK in year 2007 which
actually came into force in 2008. It was for welfare of metal patients so that they can get equal
treatment in hospitals without any discrimination (Funk, 2016). There were many service users
who were suffering from dementia and other mental illnesses but due to discrimination, they
were not getting quality care in the health and social care firms. Mental Health Act was actually
imposed in the year 1983 but later on, it was amended in 2008. It has supported in promoting
dignity in care setting process in order to safeguard service users. The main agenda of making
this law is to ensure that all people who are suffering from serious mental disorders can be able
to get treatment without any issue. This provision has specified the role of professionals and way
in which they have to deal with the service users who are suffering from mental illness.
Present study will assess health and social care service provision to the service users with
mental illness. Furthermore, it will identify factors that impact on mental patients and their
condition. In addition, it will explain positive and negative aspects of provisions of health and
social care system for mental illness people.
One of the major problems in United Kingdom is that death rate of mental patients is
increasing. Statistical records show that there are many people who are suffering from dementia,
autism spectrum disorder, etc. Due to poor care service provision, they are unable to get quality
care in the hospitals. Sometimes, social restrictions create issue for them to get timely treatment
by the medical professionals. This enhances the risk on these people and increase death rate in
nation.
Aim and objectives
Aim
“To assess the health and social care service provisions to patients with mental illness: A study
on NHS”
Research Objectives
 To identify the factors that impact on the mental patient’s condition
 To examine health and social care service provisions in UK for mental illness patients
 To demonstrate positive and negative aspects of health and social care service provisions
to the metal patients

 To suggest the ways through which mental patients can get quality care in the health care
organization
There are various factors that forced researcher to select this topic of health and social
care system. One of the major elements is interest area as scholar has worked in the same field.
Individual has long term experience of this industry which helps researcher in understanding
topic and finding data on it. Researcher has worked as nurse in the hospital (Mukaetova-
Ladinska and Stuart-Hamilton, 2016). This has encouraged individual in conducting study on
same topic. Another factor that has contributed to selection of topic is adequacy of data
availability. This is the topic on which many studies have been conducted earlier by other
scholars. Thus, individual has many details available on health and social care service provisions
to users with mental illness. With the assistance of this information, researcher can become able
to complete the study in an effective manner. Furthermore, this is a feasible topic and it has been
provided by the university. It is the semi structure topic and so, it would be easy for the scholar
to conduct research on this.
CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW
Factors impact on the mental patients condition
As per the view of Slade and et.al, (2015) loneliness is the main element which impact on
the mental health condition of the patients. There are many adults those who do not get proper
attention from families and friends. In such condition they become isolated from the society as
well. This loneliness create difficulty for them and they do not share their feelings with others as
well. This create issue for the medical professional in understanding medical illness in the person
because they do not discuss about their problems openly with them. In such condition doctors
fail to provide quality care to these services users which enhance problems for them. Thornicroft
and et.al, (2016) argued that discrimination is the main cause which affect badly to the mental
condition of the service users. Whenever person with mental illness go for the treatment in the
hospitals then people laugh at these people and medical professional do not deal with them
properly. In such condition their moral get down and they fail to get timely treatment in the
hospital. This is the main reason which increases risk on individual and they fail to get recovered
soon. According to Prince and et.al, (2016) poor legislation and ineffective provisions are the
major cause for the mental illness of patients. Medical professionals do not have proper

knowledge about the latest technologies so that they get failed to provide correct psychological
treatment to these service users. In such contention people do not get quality care in the health
care organization.
Health and social care service provisions
As per the view of Roberts, (2017) mental health act 1983 has been introduced by the
government of UK in order to protect rights of mental patients and providing them quality care
services in the hospitals. It ensures that each person get equal treatment in the care homes and no
discrimination take place in the workplace. It directs medical professional that they have to deal
with these mental patients well and have to understand their clinical needs. Government of the
nation has provided necessary training to the doctors so that they can deal with these people well
and can provide them quality care treatment in the hospitals. Hamilton and et.al, (2015) new
legislations have been made which indicates the medical professionals that they cannot give
Electro convulsive therapy with the consent of the patients. If the individual is in the serious
condition where individual cannot give consent hen doctors are required to take permission from
their family members before giving them electronic shocks.
As per the view of Mukaetova-Ladinska and Stuart-Hamilton, (2016) health and social
care provisions have been made for the safeguarding of mental patients. These provisions
indicate that each medical professional has to behave clam with the service users. They cannot
discriminate them due to their illness.
Positive and negative aspects of health and social care service provisions to the metal patients
Hamilton and et.al, (2015) argued that existing health and social care provisions are not
such effective, still patients are getting inadequate treatment due to which re-attendance rate of
these mental patients are increasing in the hospitals. As per the view of Slade and et.al, (2015)
health care authorities have passed community treatment orders. They have allowed the patients
to leave the hospitals but it is essential to supervise their condition time to time. This helps in
monitoring the condition of the mental patients and providing them timely care so that their
mental condition can be improved soon.
According to Thornicroft and et.al, (2016) health and social care act impacts positive on
the health care provisions because now medical professionals are bound to behave well with the
patients and take care of them. Doctors are required to involve people in decision making
process. Hey have to develop strong relationship with them and do not have to discriminate