Empowering Users in Health and Social Care

Unit 09: Empowering
Users in Health and
Social Care
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Determine the factors that may include in the contribution of non-participation, loss of
independence and social exclusion for vulnerable people..........................................................4
2.2 Determine how organisation process and systems are managed in order to promote
participation as well as independence of users of social and healthcare sector..........................5
2.3 Examine the tensions that may occur when balancing rights of individuals to choice and
independence against service provider duty of protection. .......................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Use a case study from a health or social care setting to identify the extent to which
individuals are at risk of harm. ...................................................................................................7
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of policies, procedures and managerial approach within a health
or social care setting for promoting the management of risks. ..................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Review current legislation, codes of practice and policy that apply to the handling of
medication. .................................................................................................................................8
4.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of policies and procedures within a health and social care
setting for administering medication. .......................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTION
Health and welfare of individuals is an essential aspect of UK economy in order to
evaluate the level of effectiveness and efficiency of legislations, policies and regulations.
Empowerment and welfare can be treated as the baseline for the country economy. In healthcare
sectors, number of service providers are required to comply with needs of service users by
considering government regulations and rules (Bendz, 2017). As per the active participation of
healthcare professionals in healthcare industry the users are becoming more concerned about the
charges and quality which they are receiving. The major aim of empowering service users is to
assist them to develop self-care, self-awareness and promoting the understanding that they are
the equal partners in their healthcare decisions. Service users empowerment puts them in the
heart of clinical practices in order to drive maximum amount of benefits. The study is going to
cover an understanding of how review and design of services promotes and maximise the rights
of users. Furthermore, it will cover an understanding of how to promote participation and
interdependence of service users. At last, an understanding of how good practices in
administration of medication is important for service users will be discuss.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
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