Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care

Describe how the legislature, the executive and the judiciary set the legal and policy landscape for health and social care practitioners and the settings they work within
Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care
In order to enact any law or policy, the three pillars of the UK country,
that is, Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary plays an important role.
The legislature has the supreme authority to enact the law and policy
which is made by undergoing a detailed procedure in the Parliament.
The bill is first introduced and then it is made a law
The Executive is entrusted with the role to implement the laws
and includes the cabinet government, Health and social care trust and
the local authorities. The policies are framed by this branch in order to
implement the laws as they are the guiding principles for implementing
laws.
The Judiciary is one which enacts new law through case laws
and interpret the existing laws. The laws made by judiciary are
common laws which has same relevancy which statutory laws
have (Dha and Mahomed, 2020).
The laws enacted by the Parliament in context to health and social care
practitioners includes Care Act, 2014, Health and Social Care Act, 2012, Mental
Health Act, 1983 and many other. The practitioners are bound to adhere with it in
order to ensure effective working of the care setting. The policies include the
Health and Safety policy, the NHS code of practice and many other are such
policies which guide in implementing the laws (Frey, 2017).

The laws and polices work hand in hand as they are focused to implement he laws
which are essential for running the health setting. The key legislations in context to
health and care setting includes Care Act, 2014, Health and Social Care Act, 2012,
Equality Act, 2010, Human Rights Act, 1998 and any other which govern their
working and focuses on maintaining the quality and standards while giving services.
The policies help in guiding the implementation of the laws so that effective
functioning of the care setting can be ensured. The health and care setting enact its
organisational policies keeping in mind the national laws and polices so that it can
work properly and effectively and provide adequate safe and appropriate service to
the care user or patient (McGuinness and Montgomery, 2020).
Ethical practice are the moral principles that mainly govern the behaviour of the
person or regulate the conduct of the activity. It is a code of conduct which sets
the standard of the behaviour which every person has to maintain while
undergoing any activity. Ethical dilemma can be referred to as the need which
may arise to choose among the two or more options which are morally accepted
or between the equally unacceptable course of the action where one choice may
prevent the selection of the other. In context to health and care practice, the
ethical dilemma can be conflict with the caregivers. For instance, the worker or
the nurse of the hospital may come in conflict with one of the care user. In order
to deal with his dilemma by reaching out a professional association which
provide resources in order to assist with handling and training of the ethical
issues. This method of dealing with the ethical dilemma is fair enough as it offers
guidelines to deal with it (Spicer and Papanikitas, 2020).
Describe the relationship between key legislation and national policy relevant to
health and care settings.
Ethical practice and how ethical dilemmas can arise in health and care practice