Report: Perspectives in Health and Social Care - Analysis of NHS

This report provides an overview of health and social care, focusing on the National Health Service (NHS). It explores different approaches to health services, including conventional and alternative medicine, and examines current UK health policies. The report delves into health and social care organizations, considering political, economic, and social factors. It also analyzes various leadership and management styles, such as democratic and autocratic approaches, and discusses the impact of cultural, social, and political factors on healthcare. Furthermore, it presents a triad of theoretical perspectives, including functionalism, conflict perspective, and symbolic interactionism, to understand the complexities of health and social care, concluding with the importance of addressing issues like depression and the need for equitable treatment. The report emphasizes the roles of leaders and managers and the importance of adapting to changing healthcare environments, referencing relevant literature and providing a comprehensive analysis of the subject.

Perspectives
In Health And
Social Care

Cover Content
 Introduction
 Different Approaches To Health Services
 Current UK Health Policies
 Health and Social Care Organisation
 Leadership and Management Style
 Impact of Cultural, Social and Political Factors
 Triad of Theoretical
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Health and Social Care is defined as the
services which are being delivered to the one
who requires it for the purpose of removing
the illness. In present scenario it is necessary
because it helps to improve the health
condition of an individual who suffers from
various problem. This file will be mainly
based on National Health Services (NHS).
The founder of NHS is Aneurin Bevan.

Different Approaches To
Health Services
There are number of approaches and theories are required to be implemented
for the purpose of enhancing the result within the health care.
 Conventional medicine: It is necessary that medicines should be
prescribed by the expertise of professional body. In context of NHS, they
are required to provide some of the best services to the patients who are
suffering from the problem of depression.
 Alternative medicine: It is necessary that alternative option should be
available. In context of NHS, they should be able to judge that what can
be the alternate option to medicine to cure the patient of depression

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Theoretical Perspective is one of the most important department where it is
necessary to find the kind answer to the questions which arises in front of the
people.
 Functionalism: It is said that health is very crucial for the stability of society
and it is necessary
 that if person is suffering from different problem they they should concern
doctors.
 Conflict Perspective: Here, it has been found that dominant group have the
responsibility to decide who should be treated with what sort of facilities.
 Symbolic Interactionism: It is one of the situation where it has been found

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Leaders and manager are the one who have the major responsibility that how
they are required to deal with the situation which are arises in front of
them. They have a huge role to play in any of the field because they are the
one who take most of the decision. In context of NHS, their manger and
leader have to play important role for changing the overall structure of
treatment. Depression is one of the most complicated problem at current
scenario which is required to be solved as soon as possible.

Current UK Health
Policies
Theoretical perspective, leadership and management concept is one of the most
important thing that need to be considered by any of the organisation. There
are number of rules and regulations that need to be considered in while
working within the organisation. Health policies, legislation and practice
have its own importance which says about the important factor that need to
be considered by the health care specialist. The legislation of UK says that
each and every patient should be treated equally where they are free to use
any of the approach for the purpose of achieving better results and targets.

Health And Social
Care Organizations
It is necessary that changes should be done for the purpose of obtaining better
result in the sector of healthcare. It is necessary for NHS to focus on some
of factors through which changes can be done.
 Political Factor: This factor might affect the working style of the
healthcare because policies do changes on every short interval. It is
necessary that in the field of health and social care policies should be stable
with tax rates should be minimum because it does have the direct effect on
working policies on NHS.

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 Economic factor: These factor says that there are number of patient who don't
have the money to buy the medicines for having the better treatment. It can be
suggested to NHS that changes should be done in the field were rates should be
changed so that people can get better treatment facilities of depression because
it is one of the serious problem which is increasing day by day.
 Social factor: The position of health level is decreasing day by day and it is
important that to do something so that positive results can be achieved. Here, if
any of the changes is required to be done then lifestyle of the pubic is required
to be change

Leadership And
Management Styles
There are different types of leadership and management style which can be
considered for the purpose of achieving targets and goals (Cameron,
Bostock and Lart, 2014). This management and leadership styles helps
organisation to do planning in a systematic manner.
 Democratic Leadership Style: It is the leadership style under which leader
try to involve other team member for making any of the decision through
which chances of obtaining better result increases automatically
 Autocratic Leadership: It is one dimension leadership style where powers
and authority is delegated to the single body.

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 Laissez-faire management Style: It is one of the management style where
high degree of trust is shown within other members of a company. It is
helpful sometime and even it might create problem too.
 Authoritarian management styles: This form of management style is being
followed by the company whenever manager of the company do not believe
their subordinates.

Impacts Of Cultural, Social
And Political Factors
There is the huge impact of any of the factor but it is important to understand
that what can be the importance of cultural, social and political
background. The current situation of healthcare is not so good because
most of the treatment are expensive which doesn't allow patient to recover
from illness. Social, cultural and political background can easily change
the overall structure because it will help to advice them that how patient
should be treated.