Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care

Law, Policy and Ethical
Practice in Health and Social
Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................4
PART 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1.Describe how legislature, executive and judiciary set legal and policy landscape for health
and social care.............................................................................................................................4
P2 Summarise key features of legislature, statutory guidance, codes of practices with national
and organizational policies..........................................................................................................5
M1 Explain in detail about how ethical consideration have informed legal and policy
landscape in own nation with respect to health care and supportive services practitioner.........7
D1 Evaluate own national system of government in relation to its effective health care and
supportive services practice and practitioners ...........................................................................8
P3 Describe the relationship between key legislation and national policy that is relevant to
health and social care practices...................................................................................................8
P4 Compare national and organizational policies against professional standards in terms of
impact over health care practices..............................................................................................10
M2 Reflection on ways in which specific tasks in health care or support services practice in
meeting professional standards of safe and non- discriminatory practice ...............................11
D2 Analyse the impact of equality legislation, policy an notion of equity on practices that
safeguards individual in health care or support services. ........................................................11
PART B..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Explain how specific nationals and international human rights law influence and
information with equal, fair treatment of others in health care and services............................11
P6 Implementation different and relevant legislation and policy that is regarded to safety and
health measures .......................................................................................................................13
M3 Analyse recent health and social legislation inn relation to importance in informing rights
and responsibilities of health care service practitioner.............................................................14
P7 Describe the relationship between law, policy and ethics in relation to an case scenario or
health care settings ...................................................................................................................14
P8 Explain the impact of relevant law and policy over outcome of real case scenario. .........15

D3 Critically review ways in which health, care and support services practitioners that has to
be ensured currency and compliance with relevance legislation in relation to ethical practices
...................................................................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................15
REFRENCES ................................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Law is one of the most important factor that has been involved in dealing over crimes and
wrongs that has been existing within an society. Laws are there to provide stability by
maintaining discipline and order in a country. These law has helped in forming an proper
framework in health care by making policies and ethical practices applied strictly within the
sector of health. Ethical code of conduct are those set of rules which makes discipline to be
maintained within health care sector. Such laws are covered under ethical code of conduct which
varies from sector to sector. Policies that has been formed has provided stability in performing
function in legal manner by avoiding illegal issues. Both policies and ethics plays very important
role in making health care sector secured for all the members working within it. Also policies
and ethics provides a solid structure which promotes positivity within health sector. Policies and
ethics strengthen the basic structure of healthcare department which helps in performing of legal
activities in appropriate way. Policies and laws have very important role to be play for making
smooth functioning of various organs of health department. This file is based over different
policies that are being used in ethical sector for achieving goals and objectives in appropriate
manner. In the end impact of policies has to be explained.
MAIN BODY
PART 1
P1.Describe how legislature, executive and judiciary set legal and policy landscape for health
and social care
There are three major parts that exists within an country and they are legislative,
executive and judiciary. They have drastic impact over health and social care which has been
explained as follows:
Legislative: Legislative branch has very important role to play within an health and
social care department. As it determines things over the services which has to be provided by
government that benefits member existing within society. This can be achieved by subsidizing
health and social care education, creating awareness over various health issues accruing in an
country and analysing data regarding health to make changes in policies of government. All this
directly impacts the quality of employees and functioning mechanism of health and social care
sector. Further legislative holds capacity and make sure that decision making should be fair. Also