Exploring the Legal Framework in Health and Social Care Settings

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the legal framework governing health and social care practices. It highlights the roles of the legislature, executive, and judiciary in setting policies, emphasizing patient safety, competence, and ethical conduct. The report examines the features of legislation, statutory guidance, and codes of practice, as well as national and organizational policies, which guide healthcare practitioners. Furthermore, it analyzes the effectiveness of healthcare laws in UK service practice and explores how ethics enhances health and social care services. The report also details the different branches of government and their roles in the law-making process, including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The national system of government and its function in maintaining policy areas is also considered. This report serves as a valuable resource for understanding the legal and ethical landscape of health and social care.

Legislature, the executive and the judiciary set the legal and
policy
Legislature, executive and the judiciary set the legal and policy
for health and social care practitioners. These policies are
design by the legal authorities of country (Beckley, 2018). In
these policies are includes such as safety, because in health and
social care practitioners need to be performed task safety and
also be well-being with the patient of the society. The another
policy is competence, according to this health and social care
practitioners will trained by the proper training and have
complete knowledge to performing their health and social acre
task Colaco and et.al., 2018). In this type of policies and legal
law scientific and ethical conduct, integrity, quality and
transparency, protocols are also set by the legislation, judiciary
and the execution for the safety of the patient of the country.
Ways in which ethics informs health, care and support
service practice
Ethics helps in adding value laden choices. Ethics helps
in maintaining health and social care services quality, culture of
the organization and also helps in supporting service practises
within this sector.
National system of government
National system of government mostly focuses on government
matters in order to maintain all the policy areas. National state
of government set some rules on the basis of which unitary
systems and policies related to it can be maintained.
EXPLORE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
WITHIN WHICH HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE PRACTITIONERS
Features of legislation, statutory guidance, codes of
practice, and national and organizational policy
There are several features of legislation, statutory
guidance, codes of practices, national and organizations
policies that is managed all the medical activities,
providing the specific and right guidance about the
policies and laws that is followed by the health and
social care practitioners (Kuek, Singh and San Tay,
2019). Codes of practices also have some features such
as respect the people, respect all the law and regulation
of health and social care, show the respect for the
environment and natural resources etc. The national and
organizational also have some features that provider
detail about the roles and norms of the nation and give
the detail about organization environment, culture of the
organization environment etc. Theses are the features of
all of these factors which all are very important in the
health and social care sectors. Because those features
provide them guidance to perform their task (Colaco and
et.al., 2018).
Different Branches of government and their role in
law making process
There are three main types of government branches and
each of them plays a vital role in law making process:
 Legislative Branch: this Branch Specifically deal in law
making process. This branch is made of two houses who
are responsible for law making process.
 Executive Branch: this branch is headed by present and
focuses on law enforcement for the nation.
 Judicial Branch: This Branch is made up of court systems
that interpreted and apply law.
Effectivity of healthcare laws in UK