An Exploration of Principles of Care and Good Practice in Healthcare

This essay delves into the critical principles of care and good practice within the health and social care sector. It begins by outlining the fundamental importance of these principles, emphasizing their role in guiding the behavior of healthcare professionals and ensuring patient safety and well-being. The essay then explores how these principles impact the rights of vulnerable individuals, highlighting potential violations and abuses that can occur. It further examines the challenges related to care and control in healthcare settings, addressing issues such as patient compliance and the involvement of family members. Finally, the essay underscores the significance of legislation in safeguarding vulnerable people, detailing how laws and regulations protect patient rights, promote informed consent, and prevent fraudulent activities within the healthcare system. The conclusion reinforces the critical nature of these principles and their application in the healthcare industry.

Principles of Care and
Good Practice
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
An outline of the importance of principles of care.................................................................3
An overview of how the principles of care affect the rights of vulnerable people................4
The issues of care and control in health and social care.........................................................5
The importance of legislation in the protection of vulnerable people in health and social care
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
The principles of care are described as the way a health, social care and early years
providers should undertake and behave accordingly towards all the individuals who are under
there care. Basically the principles of care determines the behaviour of an individual working in
health and social care industry towards their respective patience and clients. The present work is
an essay reduced to focus on exploring different aspects of principles of care by looking over
number of areas. At first in the essay there are certain important aspects these principles will be
discussed along with providing an overview of how these principles of care sometimes affect the
rights of people invulnerable conditions. Moving along issues that was faced by health and social
care industry and professionals working in it while taking care and controlling the health of
individuals are also been focused upon. And lastly, the importance of legislation introduction of
rights of vulnerable people in health and social care is highlighted as well.
MAIN BODY
An outline of the importance of principles of care
A care worker is an individual holding a huge responsibility of making sure that the
individual under their personal care are kept safe and healthy. In order to do so there are certain
procedures followed by Health care individuals. But, there are some other aspects as well which
are needed to be considered by the health and social care professionals. Every social and
healthcare workers needs to be e concerned about a very common aspect that is their behaviour
and treatment towards the other individual. They have to be very careful while treating
individuals and always make sure to treat them in the way they expect to be treated as well as
they should work in the best interest of individuals.
According to the standards and cinnamon is developed by NHS the principles of chair
and good practice are built upon 5 pillars. These are Dignity, Respect, Compassion,
Responsive care and Support & Well-being. These 5 standards or pillars or principles of care
are developed for everyone and every individual who are taking services of Health and social
care sector. These principles are applicable to a diverse and wide range of services belonging to
health and social care industry such as hospitals, clinics, care homes, day care centres for
children and child minding institutions and housing support and care at home for adults.
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These principles of care very important to be followed by all the professionals working in
the health service industry. The foremost important aspect is the comfort and confidence
develops in the patient in the service of Health care individual as upholding their dignity and
independence develops a mutual respect among both the parties. The patients start trusting the
professional and enable them to work in the best manner possible which helps in using of the
situation for all.
Another important aspect of maintaining and following these principles of care for both
the patient and the care professional, is the emotional, practical and social needs of the patient
it is fulfilled which enable them and ensures them to maintain a high quality life and
balance. Moving along another important aspect which is served by following the principles of
social care is through it patient start trusting the institution and the individual serving him
or her and the make sure to stick to their treatment and plans by taking appropriate measures as
per the procedures and all the medicines on time. This will only be possible if the patient feels
that they are respected, involved and in control of their dignity and independence.
An overview of how the principles of care affect the rights of vulnerable people
Health of a patient and care is a discrete as well as a very important aspect of the rights to
health that merits attention and scrutinize as a human rights issue. There are a wide range of
human rights violations occur in patient care which sometimes violates the right to health as well
as certain civil and political rights. From a healthcare organisation and a professional working in
the field have to follow certain principles and procedures while they are performing their job
roles of serving others in the time of need.
Instead of taking huge care and focusing on different agendas for keeping the rights of
people safeguarded and secured while they are being treated number of violations takes place.
Variety of abuses and similar cases are being encountered in many health provider settings which
offered basic human dignity and jeopardize the health outcomes of the patients. All these abuses
range from persuasive violations of patient rights to informed consent, non-discrimination, right
to privacy, right to confidentiality and many more.
The principles of care are very important to be followed by the healthcare professionals
working in the industry in order to serve others as well as the need to make sure about no
violation is taking place in rights of vulnerable people. Instead of the care and strict actions these
relations takes place and vulnerable people are affected through it. An example of the same is
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forcefully keeping the patients in hospitals and rehabilitation centres. This is the biggest example
which showcases the violation of right to freedom. Patience are held captive centres for their
treatments in which they are under the influence of drugs an architect and inform the of their
conditions as well as of the time for how long they are going to be in their respective cells for
rooms of the hospital. According to the rules of rehab centres patients cannot leave on their own
will they have to go through number of tasks and activities in which they are not comfortable.
Along with it in hospitals as well sometimes patients are kept event without and
knowledge even when they wish to leave then not allowed to leave by the authorities and as per
their health conditions. These are some of the examples which are related to the violations of
rights taking place of vulnerable people by implementing principles of care by the health care
service providers as they wish to keep the patient safe but sometimes it effects on their dignity
along with their confidence level and their personal ability to recover.
The issues of care and control in health and social care
Care in terms of health and social Well-being is related to a service which is provided by
health care service providers and workers in the industry to the patient for making sure that
appropriate services are provided to the individuals in order to make sure that their health is
improved and desired health outcomes are achieved. Control on the other hand in concern with
health and social care is defined as an act of government and limiting certain actions and
physical responses to the treatment provided in order to cure the patient and make them healthy.
Care and control is referred to the responsibility being assigned to a respective individual
of being a patient’s daily caregiver until the patient is healthy enough to be self dependent and
manageable by family members or guardians in case of a child. According to the responsibility
of care and control a Health care individual holds the entire routine of a patient holding
appropriate control over the care and regulation needed to be implemented by the patient for
proper recovery.
A health and social care and control professional have to undertake the number of
activities and procedures in order to make sure that the individual to whom they are serving and
providing their services are being seated properly. While doing so the professionals have to go
through number of challenges and others that are developed in their pathway. To begin with a
biggest challenge is to make sure that the patient is following all the care and control procedures
as well as the routine implemented for them to get better faster and sooner.
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Another very critical issue which is faced by the care and control service providers to the
clients is understanding their rigid nature as well as making them understand the importance of
the procedures, patients and precautions which are suggested to them to follow. The third issue
that is face by care and control professionals at the time of dealing with their patients is to deal
with their family members and well wishers because sometime it is important that they also
understand the requirement of the processes through which the patient have to go through in
order to make sure that they are healthy and safe making sure that their treatment is been
successful.
The importance of legislation in the protection of vulnerable people in health and social care
Legislation is also known as the law that is made by the government of the country in
order to make sure that everyone in the society is following the rules and agenda of certain
aspects. Health and social care sector also have number of legislations through which the
industry is been regulating and operating from the past numerous years. In terms of Health and
social care laws and legislation are made for everyone for making sure that they behave in
accordance to it and to an acceptable level.
Legislations in health and social care sector cover number of aspects of lives of
individuals which includes protection of their health and safety of patients as well as the
professionals who are offering their services that is health care workers. Legislations and their
regulation plays a very important role in healthcare sector. Hence, to be focused upon the rights
of vulnerable people and for protecting them there are a number of legislations developed for the
same.
The first and foremost important aspect which is overlooked by the legislations in regards
to protect the valuable people in health and social care is to make sure that there basic rights to
humanity are not being violated and misused. Therefore, laws are developed to make sure that all
the patients and their respective family members are well aware and informed about the
treatment through which the patient will be going through you and appropriate risks attached to it
along with the predictable results.
Moving along laws are developed for medication purposes and different interventions
that are being developed by the health industry protecting people against number of diseases.
Every hospital and health service providing institutions have to make sure to follow number of
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legal protocols and formalities in order to make sure the patient is informed and well
communicated along with the family members.
Different legislations and is legal formalities also safeguard the patient to get involved
with any fraudulent activity by any health service providing institution. There is legal
requirements I needed to be fulfilled by both the patient and the service providers in order to
make sure the appropriate treatment is being provided to the patient and know rights are being
violated during the process of the vulnerable people while they are getting treated and cured.
Along with the legislations there are number of protection laws developed as well for keeping
the safety and security patience to be the top priority and in regards to it several legal actions are
taken if the legislations are not followed by the institutions and health care service providers.
CONCLUSION
From the above essay it can be concluded that health and social care is a critical industry
for individuals to work in and provide the services to the ultimate customers in a selfless
manners. In the essay there are a number of aspects considered and examined like the principles
which are followed by health and social care service providing brands and institutions in order to
protect the vulnerable people as well as to make sure that they are properly served and cured as
per their disease.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
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