Strength and Weakness in Safeguarding Legislation and Policies

This article discusses the strength and weakness of current legislation and policies in safeguarding in health and social care. It explores the impact of social and cultural factors on abuse of service and explains the involvement of professionals in protecting vulnerable groups. The article also highlights the importance of data protection, the Health Care Standards Act, and the Mental Capacity Act.

Safeguarding in Health & Social Care
In modern era, there are many factors which is
affecting to social and cultural of abuse
services. Further, there are many rules and
regulations which has been framed by
government which has been discussed along
with their strength and weakness.
There are many legislation policies which has been framed by government to
protect people from abuse. In NHS it is responsibility of higher authority to defend
people who are abusing at workplace. The following are some act which has been
described along with their strength and weakness.
Data protection act 1998 – It is defined in different ways in which information
about living people are legally used. The main intent of this act is to protect individuals
against abuse of information about them. There are some principles of data protection act
1998 which specify that personal data of people must; be accurate and contain reliable
information, should be protected from unauthorised or unlawful processing so accidental
loss can be reduces. The strength of this act is that, data of individual are protected safely
and proper records are maintain by organisation. But weakness is that it become difficult
for individual to take information of other people until and unless they are having
sufficient reason.
Health care standard act 2010 – This form the cornerstone of overall quality
assurance system within NHS. The purpose of this act is to embrace the principles of co-
production and prudent in health care, encourage practices of people which is up to date,
effective and efficiency, to promote accountability of health service to uses in order to
serve high quality of services. The strength of this act is that it provides support to all
people whether who are below the age of 16 and serve quality of services. But weakness
is that it become difficult for user to provide equal treatment to all people at same level
of stage.
Mental capacity act 2005 – Mental capacity Act is designed to protect and
empower individuals who is suffering from lack of mental capacity to make their own
decision for better treatment. This law applies to individuals whose age is above 16.
Some example of people who are suffering from lack capacity are; dementia, brain
injury, severing learning disability or stroke. The strength of act is that every individual
is having right of to take own decisions which should have capacity also to prove
themselves as right. But weakness is that, this act is not applied to those people who are
below the age of 16.
Explaining professional’s involvement in protecting vulnerable groups
There are many legislation bodies who are working with
health and social care organisation. They had established many
regulations to work in discipline and to help children, families,
adults which will improve their safety, security. Legislation
framework provides governmental policy which is related with
children, adults and families. The code of practices is performing
by practitioners and employers to provide quality of services.
Local authorities safeguarding duties of people which are
specified in Care act 2014. First is, local authority is having duty to
make enquiry where reasonable cause is to be suspect to support the
needs of abused or neglected people.
Introduction
Impact of social and cultural factor on abuse of service
Health of people is determined by several factors
which includes genetic inheritance, access to quality health
care, external environment (water, house condition or quality
of air). Societal and cultural issues are contributing to elder
abuse in both developing and developed nations. Impact of
social and cultural; factor on the abuse is described as below
which includes educational attainment, income, occupational
status.
Income – The measurement of income is more
complex rather than assessing educational attainment. In
society there are many people whose income is high and it is
may also become difficult for others to earn more than that. It
can mentally torcher for them also. The lower income of
people can also state that worse health of people.
Occupational status – In society, there are different
kinds of people who status is different from each other. If
anyone is teasing them in terms of their status, then it physical
abuse and impacting on their life in negative way.
Educational attainment - The quality of education is relevant to health
but it is more difficult for people to understand it. The manager of wellington
hospital has to provide proper training to those employees who are having less
education in order to reduce the abuse from workplace. The relationship between
lower educational attainment and worse health outcomes are occurs through the
whole life. Along with this, the services which are provided by nurse should be
according to needs of patients so that they protect individuals from abuse. But it
is also their responsibility to protect themselves from those people who are
abusing them at workplace.
Cultural factor – Cultural of every people is different from each other. It
is responsibility of society that do not discriminate anyone on the basis of
religion, caste, gender even at work place also. These factors can give negative
impact on life individuals or group of people. Cultural norms are dictate which
has to accept the power structure within their families.
Strength and weakness in current legislation and
policies
Conclusion
It is essential for organization to protect the rights of individual at
workplace. Further, there are many regulations which has been
framed by government in order to protect people from abuse.
Along with this, there are many risk factors which are associated
with abuse should be analysed on regular basis to provide valuable
information to people. The recommendation which has been
provided should be monitored on regular basis to fulfil objectives
of school nurse and social worker.
Secondly, set the safeguard adults board which is having a multi-agency
body to help individuals from abuse. Last, safeguarding adult’s boards who is
having a duty to arrange the case reviews.
There are also some partners who are working with health and social
acre to protect groups from abuse. They are making some new rules and
regulations which also reduce discrimination between employees can be
eliminated. They are investing funds in Welling hospital so that they can provide
quality of training to employees so that they will abuse with another. The
professionals are having responsibility to conduct proper training. Their roles are
very important at workplace. Local commissioners of domestic violence are
abuse services; they have to undertake comprehensive mapping exercise so that
they can identify all local services to reduce domestic violence. Regional and
national commissioners also work with local commissioners so that they can
provide specialist services to people.