Health and Social Care: NHS Roles, Regulations and Staff

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the health and social care system, focusing on the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. It begins with a historical context, tracing the origins and evolution of the NHS, including its core principles and funding. The main body of the report delves into the organizational structure of the NHS, outlining the roles of various key organizations, including the Department of Health and CCGs, and their responsibilities in providing healthcare services. The report examines the key elements of both health and social care provision, including the roles of healthcare professionals, nurses, and care workers, and how they contribute to patient care. It also explores the role of health and social care regulators and watchdogs in ensuring quality and safety within the system. The report further details the roles and responsibilities of staff within the NHS, including nurses, midwives, dieticians, care workers, and pharmacists, and the qualifications and reporting structures associated with these roles. The report also covers relevant legislation, including health and safety regulations and patient rights, and concludes with an analysis of health and care values and their importance in delivering quality care. The report incorporates tables and flowcharts to illustrate career pathways and the responsibilities of various healthcare professionals. All the information is presented in the context of the author's understanding of the health and social care system.

HEALTH
AND SOCIAL
CARE

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Historical Context........................................................................................................................3
Overview of the core organization and their roles.......................................................................3
Key elements of health care provision.........................................................................................4
Key elements of social care provision.........................................................................................4
Structure of NHS.........................................................................................................................5
Role of Health and social care regulators and watch dogs..........................................................5
Roles and responsibilities of staffed within NHS........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Health care is basically that type of care which is based on provision of medical care in
order to improve the health outcome of individuals and community. This type of care is basically
provided by health care professionals, nurses, midwives and care workers. Social care is related
to meeting out the social need of people who are suffering from mental disabilities of physical
needs. Present report will lay emphasis in the overview of organization and their roles. It will lay
focus on elements of health care provision. Report also lay emphasis on elements of social care
provision.
MAIN BODY
Historical Context
The National health service organization was being started in the year 1948. It was
launched with the motive of providing quality of health care services to individuals who were in
need. The services provided by NHS was made free at the point of use for all people who were
living in United Kingdom (Morgan and et.al., 2017). It has been analysed that National health
service organization is been engaged in treating more than 1 million service users every 36
hours. This clinical care setting is being funded directly from taxation. It was analysed that
during the time of launching the organization budget decided for the company was £437 million.
It has been analysed that in year 2015-2016 the overall budget made up for running the company
was around £116.4 billion.
NHS was basically developed in order to provide free health and care services to who are
in need of it. The organization was based on some core and basic principles it included that they
wanted to meet out needs and demand of patients. They were also engaged in delivery the
services free of cost. The main focus of National health service was on clinical need, not the
ability to pay. When initially the organization was started they were unable to cover half of the
population who was in serious needs and it included mostly women and children. So after some
time health and social care organization started laying emphasis on this aspect in order to grow
and meet out their goals and objectives.
Overview of the core organization and their roles
National health and service organization has cost the government about £92.5 Billion in the
year 2008-2009. In this most of the funds directly goes to the PCT and they decide on which

aspects money needs to be spend. The PCT also receive budget from the Department of health.
They also receive large amount of money from UK taxpayers. There are various key roles and
responsibilities which has been played by National health service organization. Firstly, they have
the main aim of improvising the health and well-being of individuals. The NHS's role in
preventing poor health and promoting healthy living is essential to reduce health inequalities and
sustain the NHS for future generations.
Key elements of health care provision
The key elements of health care provisions taken in consideration by NHS is to engaged in
providing high quality of health care services to those who are in need. They are working on
improvising the patient’s safety throughout the health and social care system. They make sure
that every service user is been aware about the quality of care that is been provided to them.
National health service organization is also working towards providing easy access to
information (Moore, 2017). This will assist patient and health care professional in making better
decision making which can improvise their health aspect. Service users by this will be able to
access the information related to their own health record. NHS is also engaged in providing
integrated care. Thus, this aspect can also provide benefits to commissioner. As they will be able
to access the date about local population and will have an idea about where the money has been
spent by firm. This will assist them in improvising the quality of service that is bene provided by
them and also managing the services
Key elements of social care provision
There are various key elements of social care provision on which National health service
organization is working upon. Like they are making sure that all the social needs of patients are
been fulfilled by them (Watkins and et.al., 2017). They are also working on interoperability and
integrated care aspects. NHS is ensuring that there is a clear flow of communication between
health care professionals, nurses and patients so that quality of health care services can be
improvised. This can also assist them in analysing the gaps and working on it. It is very essential
for improvising the service aspect. NHS is also being engaged in providing the protection to
children and adults and also working on personal care aspect. So that they can fight from mental
disability and physical problems. Also organization is being involved in providing the service
free of cost to all UK residents. They are also engaged in saving vulnerable adults from abuse.
NHS makes sure that support is being provided to all those adults and old people who have faced

misuse problems, suffering from mental and physical helath problem. Health care professionals
is been engaged in providing holistic care to patients suffering from chronic diseases.
Structure of NHS
They are following the flat structure in order to make roles and responsibilities of eacg
department clear and concise. In this secreatary of helath is been given prime repsonsibilty, they
make sure that funds are been controlled and managed effectuvely. This department keeps a
check on the oversight if NHS delivery and performance apsect. They also ensure that high
quality of service is being provided to service users so that there health outcome improves.
Department of helath has also been given the highest responsibility, they make sure that hugh
quality, dstainable and safe treatment is provided to patient.
They also ensure that patients are provided with safe amd secure environment. This
department supports in advising ministers so that they can form better policies and objectives to
meet out the needs of patients. This department also have the responsibility to run the NHS and
do strategic planning for it (Costa-Font and Greer, 2016). This is basically done in order to
improvise the process being run by organization. CCG is also been formed under NHS structure.
It is being formed to improvise condition of local community.
Role of Health and social care regulators and watch dogs
It has been analysed that there are 13 health and social care regulators who are working
with National health service organization to provide protection to public. Like General
Chiropractic Council (GCC). This body is solely engaged in regulating all the Chiropractors in
United Kingdom so that they can ensure safety of patients. They also have the main aim of
setting standards related to education of health care professionals, practice and conduct. The

other regulator working with NHS includes General Dental Council (GDC). This body is mainly
engaged in improvising the care which has been provided by Dentists, dental nurse, technicians
and many more. They work on improvising the standard of these professionals. It will assist
NHS in enhancing the quality of care which is being provided by them.
Roles and responsibilities of staffed within NHS
National health service organization staff has bene provided with various roles and
responsivities. The main duty of them is to provide service users with high quality of care in
order to improvise their health conditions of patients. They also have the role and responsibility
to provide patients with safe and secure conditions. Also the staff member of National health
service organization is highly being engaged in analysing the needs and demands of patients so
that their health aspects gets improved (Glasby, 2017). This aspect has assisted them in achieving
their goals and objectives. They also have the responsibility to provide equal care to those who
have been suffering. Staff members are also engaged in providing the education related to early
signs and symptoms of diseases to patients so that they can get involved in improvising their
health conditions. They are also engaged in contributing to personal development of all staff
members working with them. NHS staff is making use of effective communication in order to
work upon the gaps being analysed by them.
Learning outcome 1.3
Using the table below explain the roles and responsibilities of staff in the structure of a named
health and social care organisation.
Name of organisation:
Job title Explain the job role and main
responsibilities of the member of
staff
What qualifications
and/or registration
are needed for this
job?
Who does the person
report to in the
organisation?
Nurses
The main responsibility is to assist
patient in feeding and analyzing their
problems
10+2 plus diploma in
nursing
Health care
professionals
Midwives
They have the main role of providing
acute care to patient
diploma Health care
professionals
Imporvising helath outcome of MBBS, MD CCG

Health care
professionals
patient
Dietician
Maintain proper diet of patient BSC Health care
professionals
Care workers
Provide care to patient GCSE NURSES
Pharmacist
Providing medicine to patient 10+2 nurses
Extension Tasks 1M1
The health centre you are working at are now recruiting new staff, part of the introductory
training looks at career pathways. Your manager has asked you to create a flowchart
explaining the continuing professional development needed for progression through
different career pathways.
Health care
professionals
Dietician Therapist
Nurses Midwives Care workers

Learning Outcome 2.1
 Health and safety work act 1974: In this the duty of organization is to provide safe and
secure environment to patients and workers.
 Manual handling operation regulation 1992 amended 2002: In this any employee
engaged in doing with loading work needs to be provided safety during the transaction.
 Control of substances hazardous to health 2002: In this NHS must make sure that
employees are not working in hazardous working conditions.
 Health and safety (first aid) regulations 1981: NHS needs to provide proper equipment
related to any problem so that immediate attention can be provided at the time of need
 Food and safety act 1990 and regulations 1995: In this NHS needs to provide high
quality of food to patients so that their health does not hamper.
 Safe guarding vulnerable groups act 2006: in this the agency is working towards
giving protection to vulnerable groups from substance and domestic abuse.
 Public disclosure act 1998: In this NHS must make sure that no confidential of
employees and patient is been leaked in public.
 Care act 2014: In this NHS needs to work towards providing acute care to all patients in
order to improve their health outcome
 Data protection act 1998: In this NHS must make sure that no personal data is been
leaked as it can hamper their goodwill.
 Freedom of information act 2000: Employees must be provided with all relevant
information which is related to their right.
 Human right act 1998: It is the fundamental right in which every employee needs to be
given right to speak and act.
 Mental capacity act 2005: In this support must be provided to individuals so that they
can make their own decisions.
Health and safety act has impacted in positive way as in this organization is working towards
providing protection to employees as well as patients.
.

Extension Task 2M1
Health values are basically those principles that support care workers in understanding
what is right and what is wrong. It also deals with equality aspects that all patients needs
to be treated equally.
Care Values are basically means that people right are not being violated and hampered
while providing care.
In my opinion I think that health values and care values are most important to be
followed as it assists health care professionals in delivering high quality of services
Learning outcome 2.2
The care certificate of UK works on agreed standard it assists staff members working in
clinical care setting making health care professionals, nurses and midwives analysing and
understanding their roles. In this they also get an idea about implementing practices that
works towards safeguarding adults and children.

Learning outcome 3.1
Produce a power point presentation which explains how the health and social care sector work
together.
Extension Task 3M1
Multi-disciplinary team when provided with learning, training and development can enhance
their skills and capabilities which helps them in providing high quality of services to patients. It
provides benefits to both patients and professionals that are working in team. Also by providing
them learning they would be better able to analyse the problems and needs of patients so that
quality of their care increases.
Extension Task 3D1
.
This will lead to increase in miss-understanding and can also create chaos which can
directly lay impact on health outcome of patient. It will also reduce the productivity of
team members because of which they will not be able achieve their goals and objectives

Learning outcome 3.2
There are various benefits that can be explored when health care professionals work together in
team like for example they can engaged in providing holistic care. They can also make effective
utilization of resources.
Learning outcome 3.3
Working together also provides advantage of best practice like they can create centre of
excellence. It can also increase productivity of work between team members. It can help them in
improvising quality of service so that health outcome of service user can be improved.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it has been summarized that National health service organization has
been engaged in improvising the health and well-being of individuals. They have been laying
focus on needs and demands of patients and working towards improvising their health aspect.
Also it has been analyzed that organization has been engaged in providing their services free of
cost to all UK residents. They have the main aim of meeting out the needs and demands of
patients who are been suffering from chronic disease. Company has been funded by ministry of
health. Also they have been funded by PCT and most of their money has been raised by UK tax
payers.

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Moore, S., 2017. Health & Social Care Integration.
Morgan, H.M. and et.al., 2017. We need to talk about purpose: a critical interpretive synthesis of
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