Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND: Communication in Health & Social Care Report

This report explores the critical role of effective communication in the health and social care sector, focusing on improving communication processes and addressing influencing factors. It begins by highlighting the importance of communication for service providers and their interactions with patients. The report then delves into various strategies for enhancing communication, including the implementation of new skills like using translators, as well as strategic approaches, training and development, and the regulation of policies. The report also stresses the importance of maintaining a healthy and positive working environment, along with the significance of confidentiality policies. The conclusion summarizes the importance of communication in building strong patient-provider relationships and improving service effectiveness. The report is based on research and findings from academic sources like the Journal of medical Internet research and books like Interprofessional teamwork for health and social care. This report is a valuable resource for students seeking to understand and improve communication within health and social care settings.

Communication in health
and social care

CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 Ways for improving communication process in health and
social care
 Impact of values and culture factors communication process
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Good communication plays an important role in health and
social care sector. It helps service providers as they can
easily interact with patients in an effective manner so as to
know their health problems.
 The presentation will be defined various ways of improving
communication process.

Ways of improving communication process
Managing healthy and positive working environment is the
key factor of success for any business organisation. In the
case of Miss Gina, doctors need to adopt new and
innovative skills, i.e. English – Hindi translator in order to
understand her feelings and emotions.

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• Strategy formulation
• Training and
development
• Regulation of legal
policies

Effectiveness of organisational system and policies
It is imperative for management to regulate certain policies
and systems in order achieve its aims and targets. In this
regard, confidentiality policy should be implemented which
can protect data and information of people. It can improve
trust or faith of individuals towards health and social care
organisations.

CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it has been summaried that effective
communication plays a crucial role in growth and success of
health and social sector. It helps service providers to manage
open and friendly relationship with their patients so as to
improve the effectieveness of services.

REFERENCES
Moorhead, S. A. and et. al., 2013. A new dimension of health care: systematic
review of the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health
communication. Journal of medical Internet research. 15(4).
Moule, P. and Hek, G., 2011. Making sense of research: an introduction for
health and social care practitioners. Sage.
Reeves, S. and et. al., 2011. Interprofessional teamwork for health and social
care (Vol. 8). John Wiley & Sons.

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