A Report on Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care

This report delves into contemporary issues in health and social care, examining diverse perspectives from national media, regulatory bodies, practitioners, and service users. It highlights challenges like inequalities related to gender, ethnicity, and sexuality, emphasizing the importance of addressing these for improved health services. The report focuses on diabetes as a key health issue, analyzing its prevalence in the UK, the influence of lifestyle factors, and the evolving perspectives of healthcare authorities and the public. It also discusses the impact of mass media, social and economic factors, and the need for health education to address contemporary health challenges. Furthermore, it analyzes the factors influencing the development of different perspectives, the reflection of local attitudes on a national level, and evaluates public behavior and attitudes toward specific health issues.

CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE

Table of Contents
LO 3................................................................................................................................................3
3.1. Define differed perspective relating to health and social care area. ...............................3
3.2 Monitoring the differed perspective specific to health and social care. ..........................3
3.3 Access the relevance of finding to healthcare .................................................................4
3.4 Analyse the factors that influenced the development of differed perspective. ................5
4.1 Analyse the extent to which local attitude reflect art national level. ...............................5
4.2 Evaluation on the validity of the public behaviour and attitude to specific issues. .........6
4.3 Justification on possible consequences of contemporary thinking as per health and social
care. .......................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSIONS..............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

LO 3
3.1. Define differed perspective relating to health and social care area.
There are number of the challenges in terms to the healthcare sector in the UK. There are
number of the issues that build up the different perspective of the HSC issue. In this term,
differed perspective will be inclusive of the terms as are national media, regulatory bodies,
includes practitioners, action group and service users etc. There are number of the welfare in the
health and social care (Holland, 2017). In the present scenario, the health of the population is
improving. In this terms, it can be said that the health of the minorities is improving at lower rate
as compare to other segments of the population. It has been challenge that the policy makers and
people practising in medical field have taken various several steps in order to make the
professional terms in the better manner. The labor sector and education system structure in the
accessibility of the employment and the income. Due to the number of the issues in order to
budget the job are in a slow pace.
Different perspectives in the context of health issue pertaining to diabetes is enumerated
below:
 By doing assessment it has identified that several social factors may cause of diabetes
issue among adults. This in turn includes, obesity, genetically, housing situation, divorce,
stress, financial issues or problems etc.
 In UK, issue regarding diabetes have been found in approximately 3.7 million people.
Further, 12.3 million people are diagnosed with the increasing risk of diabetes such as
type 2.
 Increasing level of diabetes such as type 2 imposes health risks on UK people in terms of
heart disease, stroke and kidney failure.
Government of UK sees obesity due to food and drinks as the main reason for type 2
diabetes in the country. It has however, overlooked the mental health problems causing diet
related issues in people. The cost of obesity on NHS has risen significantly in the last few years.
Government is more focussing more creating a culture of fitness by making laws regarding the
fast food industry.
NHS is facing difficulties in handling the diabetes in the country. The organisation is
observing that type 2 diabetes is continuously rising in the state and it is the foremost cause in

people in their sight lost, heart attack, stroke. NHS has developed diabetes prevention
programme which is operated collaboratively by NHS, UK diabetes and Public Health England.
The aim of this programme is to help diabetic people and also to those who are on the verge of
having this disease by encouraging them to live a fit and healthy lifestyle. The programme is
tailored as per the requirements of patients.
3.2 Monitoring the differed perspective specific to health and social care.
There are number of the other inequalities that all are associated with the gender,
ethnicity and sexuality. In order to have the reduction in the distribute and detrimental to the
health will be crucial in terms to improve the services in the health sector. In addition to it, this
can be defined as mortality rates and morbidity implies that there is heterogeneity in the
experience across the minority figures. The one of the most significant issues due to the change
in perception towards health care are as restrictions in budget, dissatisfaction in job, fewer
opportunities of employment (Bradley and et.la., 2016). If the information is in relation to
diabetes then it can be said that diabetes is the chronic situation of the person and it is generally
occurred at the high amount level (Almgren, 2017). There are number of the perspective that are
causing the health issues that are changing over the passage of time. Furthermore, it can be said
that uninteresting job, lower employment opportunity and other factor are hamper to the future
growth. In this it can be said that the improvement in the social care services is also a part of this
all changes as people are focussing more towards the day care facilities for child, residential
care and so on. In this, it can be said that the social services are playing the major role in terms to
has positive inter correlation with the standard of the leaving ( Greene, 2017). There are large
number of the health and social sector an d this plays the significant role in huge context. As the
time passes the health and social changes must have the essential changes so that each activity
can be taken in the better and effective manner. In the present scenario, physician of health and
social care services are able to detect the core issues as diabetes and medicine are needed to be
provide for the those kinds of disease (DeVon and et,al., 2016).
The opinion about the diabetes has changed over the years. Like earlier, it used to be
believed that diabetes strikes after the age of 40 in humans. But after seeing the cases of young
people getting this disease at the age of 25 years has changed the perspectives of people and
healthcare authorities in UK. There is a high rate of young people who are suffering from this

disease and the reasons determined for this are change in lifestyles, lack of physical activities,
eating of unhealthy food. Also, it was discovered that obesity is not only due to unhealthy eating
habits but also due to mental conditions such as bullying in young age, depression etc. People are
now becoming more health conscious because of the growing tendency of suffering diabetes and
this is becoming slightly easier for government and NHS to deal with the problem of obesity and
diabetes.
3.3 Access the relevance of finding to health and social care.
In addition to it, this can be said that the modern-day issues of the health and social care
are hugely affected by the mass media. In this way, world healthcare care service has been
improved in the positive manner. Thus, it cab be said that the heal and social services can able to
easily detect the disease (Allen and Kambouri-Danos, 2017). With help of health and social care
the services can be provided in the effective and efficient manner. There is also essential to
maintain the budget so that effective and qualitative step toward it can be taken. The health and
social care practices will be helpful in order to expand the information so that it can able to pass
on to the people. In addition to it, this specifies issue build up the differed perspective of HSC
health issue (Hope, 2016). It is essential to wide the issue in terms to health and social care
perspectives. Thus, enhancement in the social care service has a positive correlation with the
standard of living. There are many factors that play crucial role in term to health and social
services over the period. There are different people that belongs to varied cultures. The values
and attitude of the ill people are varied from one another (Mirowsky, 2017). In this way, there
are number of the factors are influenced the development of the perspective over the period of
time and it has been defined in the following context as are-
 Environmental factors
 Socio-economical factors
 Physical elements
 social and political causes
 Lifestyle components
 Emotional elements
This term can be understood with the help of example as are- Religious values and cultural
values can be considered as the culture factor. There are many political, social factors and that
are inclusive of status in society, stability of political condition.

3.4 Analysing various factors that influenced the development of differed perspective.
Contemporary thinking refers to the mind set of individuals that come from the same age
group and have similarities in their though process. The health and social care provision and
services have developed over the years, which can cause contemporary thinking to behave
differently due to many changes (Mirowsky, 2017). There are elder individuals that resist
services that are provided to them as they have a thinking that illnesses do not need to be treated.
However, with recent trends and increase in awareness, people have become willing to accept
such health and social care services. There are some health issues that have been given attention
and organisation offer services that can benefit individuals and keep them healthy (Gardner,
2017). Regular check ups can aid in reducing different illnesses and protect citizens as well.
People from different societies have various view points and look at health issues from different
perspectives.
Due to differences in opinions, healthcare service providers find it difficult to conduct
check ups and provide treatments. They have to provide the right education to people of all ages,
so that they are able to effectively provide services and address illnesses, so that it can be
prevented (McKie, Singer and Richardson, 2016). It is important for individuals to take care of
their health and they should have a positive mind set towards treatments and services. People
that live in rural areas too, face many issues but are unable to get the required provisions. They
are unaware about the different types of medicines that can help in curing illnesses. There is a
great influence of mass media, as not many people provide education on health and social care
provisions (Best, 2017). This behaviour can cause many issues on people that have contemporary
thinking.
4.1 Analysing the level to which local attitude reflect art domestic level.
There are number of the local issues that works as to reflect the causes of many international
concerns. In this, the people of the country become incapable to reduce and resolve the
dispersion of the local issues that cause due to many international issues. On the other hand, the
health, economic and physical situation decreases in the considerable manner. In addition to it,
this can be said that the every person needs should works as to participate and to build the nation
free from the health and sickness and this all tends to be bring good health. In this, it can be said
that the number of the young people are victims for this kind of disease. In this, people have to
focus on this kind of factors in terms to eradicate the disease topically at time when disease

spread out it works as to detriments the country's and global productivity in the with the huge
level. This report selects the disease is as diabetes so that media plays the huge role in terms to
know the symptom of the disease so that it can able to cure effectively. Thus, the patients suffers
from diabetes needs proper and frequent check-ups. Otherwise, the disease will become worse
with each passing day. It can be prevented and treated. There are different people who comes
from the different society. In addition to it, the attitude and behaviour of the people are differed
from one society to other.
Furthermore, it can be said that the public health care and social service providing
organizations has to organise number of the disease prevention programs related to the health
such as social health. On the other hand if we chose dengue as the public issue.
4.2 Evaluation on the validity of the public behaviour and attitude to specific issues.
There are number of the young people who are victim of the for diabetes. In this, it can be said
that the people of the social and healthcare sector are needed to be awake about the validness of
the attitude of general public and behaviour (Ferlie and Ongaro, 2015). In this, it can be stated
that it is manageable to live up to everyone's requirements at the same time for health and social
service providing organizations. There are many individuals who remains in the granite period
regarding their illness and other health problems Thus, physical has to invent the medicine of
disease with the help of development in the current technology. One of the foremost matter in the
healthcare sector is that standardized of services and quality services especially for the old age
people. Recently, it is essential to provide the education on the health to the population as people
tends to ignore health factor which is not good for the society and it is one of the major penalty
in this area.
4.3 Justification on possible consequences of contemporary thinking as per healthcare
Individuals have to change their opinions about the diseases, medications and welfare services.
Furthermore, it can be said that present-day conceptualisation and behaviours of the people
towards the health and social care will be fatal. It can be said that this kind of the thing will be
helpful in terms to enhancement in the need of social care. With the advent if technological
advancement, it is very easy to pass the information so that things can be done in the effective
and efficient manner. There are various types of medical instruments that have been innovated
in the last few years. So, health and social care organizations can diagnose the disease and in
order to prevent it this is essential to provide the better and efficient services to the people. Thus,

effective technology helps to render the service to people and they can cure with it. This kind of
the things will be helpful in order to streamlining the things in the better manner. Thus, it can be
said that the health and social perspective are changing over the time.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the above report it has been concluded that health issues and media is playing
the grater role in order to influence the people. Thus, healthcare and social services plays the
essential part in society in terms to provide medical care services to the sick people. Thus, file
has covered the things as to disseminate the information related to contemporary health and
social care plays the significant role to present the information. In addition to it, this also has
been covered with presentation of the positive and negative impact of the mass to cover the need
of the people. The essential need of role of media in health and social care has been highlighted.
In addition to it, globally major issues is to occur due to attitudes of the localites. In this term, the
government agencies related to health care sector should know to educate the people in the
health care with the help of media publication.

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