Report: Analyzing Factors Driving Change in Health and Social Care

This report examines the key factors driving change in health and social care services, including political and legal influences such as government policies and legislations like the Health Act 2006 and NHS reforms, which aim to improve service delivery and quality through regulations and budget allocation. Technological advancements, particularly the adoption of electronic record-keeping and assistive technologies, are also highlighted as crucial drivers. Demographic and cultural factors, such as population growth, aging, and diversity, significantly impact the demand and provision of services. The report also addresses the challenges these factors pose, including resource limitations, lifestyle-related health issues (smoking, drinking, obesity), the high costs associated with medical advancements, and the increasing needs of an aging population requiring extensive care. Continuous technological upgrades and the associated costs further compound these challenges, underscoring the need for efficient resource management and innovative solutions within the health and social care sector.

1.1 Key factors that drive change in health and
social care services
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Political and legal factors–Government when take
action to improve the process of work of companies
and to ensure that companies are not misusing their
power and abusing their clients in the name of social
care services and to ensure safety of the individuals
is what is known as political and legal changes. The
changes imposed by the government is modernizing
agenda which gave power to local government to see
the working of these social care services and to see
they are working according rules and policies. This
policy was formed to provide basic social services
and care to old people (Barton, and et.al., 2016). Also
new legislations were introduced in health act 2006,
NHS and community act, Health and social care act
which deals in providing accommodation to people
who needs it when they are disable or old. The NHS
board see and analyse the work of national service
and healthcare providers . The new reforms deals in
making budgets aiming at care of patients and
services. Also, the provider of NHS services need to
be registered with Care Quality Commission so that
CQC ensure quality standards of services and
maintain competition.
FACILITATING CHANGE IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE

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Technological factors – Use of technology in health and social care has improved the quality, and efficiency of experience of patients and the technology has faced change at large
scale by adopting electronic record keeping which helps in keeping systematic records of patients. The electronic communication assistive technology helps in assisting the patients
smoothly and has sorted most problems with less efforts and time (Lapinski, 2015.).
Demographic and cultural factors – The demographic factors affecting the change is that the population is growing at faster pace and will grow even more, then most of the
people are living alone and life expectancy of people is increasing with good medical assistance. The other demographic factor affecting the change is the population is ageing
which is affecting the changes in social and care services. The cultural factor driving the change is that population is diverse and people are migrating at a high rate and these
factors are facilitating change in social and health care services.
1.2 Challenges that key factors bring to health and social care services
Challenges that key factors bring in working of health and social care services is unavailability of proper resources as NHS is providing limited help to the health and social care
providers which is the most important challenge for these providers to deal with.

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The other factor that is a key challenge to these services is lifestyle of the people as providing just health services is not enough. The majority of individual die because of smoking,
drinking and obesity and these costs large amount of bills to these service providers. Although certain push and measures were taken to encourage people to have a healthy life free
of smoking and drinking and many schemes were introduced by the government yet the results are not achieved as expected.
The other key challenge is medical advancements as the technology in health care has been tremendously changes and grown but these all comes with the cost. As the youngest
client of Liverpool company is of 67 year old and they go through the most heart attacks, cancer etc. and their treatment cost millions of money which emerges as an big challenge
for the company (Dewing, 2016).
The other challenge is ageing population as the life expectancy
rate of human is growing at an high speed as medical facilities
and technology advancement has growing rapidly but growing
age of old people lead to patients with multiple diseases who
need multiple medical assistance. To assist them properly,
nurses are required at a large number which again add up to
the cost of the company. The other challenge faced by the
service provider is continuous up-gradation of technology
used for efficient working operation and for this they require a
lot of money. The cost associated with lifestyle of people,
culture diversity, ageing population and advancement in
medical needs to be achieved by the service providers but it is
quite a challenge.

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