Analysis of Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care: Cancer

This report delves into contemporary issues in health and social care, with a specific focus on cancer. It explores the social model of health and its influence on understanding and addressing the disease, alongside the social model of disability and its implications. The analysis incorporates sociological explanations of cancer, examining how societal perceptions and attitudes impact treatment and support. The report applies these concepts to the context of cancer, including UK-specific data on cancer incidence, survival rates, and major cancer types. It emphasizes the importance of health and social care services, the role of organizations like the NHS, and the need for awareness and supportive attitudes to improve patient outcomes. The report concludes by highlighting the widespread nature of cancer and the importance of social institutions in regulating policies and procedures related to cancer and understanding the diseases.

Contemporary Issues in Health and
Social Care

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................................3
Social model of Health and illness in understanding of disease..................................................3
Social model of disability:...........................................................................................................4
Sociological explanation..............................................................................................................6
Application of the concepts on Cancer........................................................................................7
Data related to Cancer in UK.......................................................................................................7
Major cancer in UK.....................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Social model of health is defined to as that approach which is influencing health by
factors like that of culture, economic, social and environment and not only on disease or injury.
This is that approach that could prevent illness or any sort of disease this is majorly focusing on
policies or health promotion programs.
Health and social care services that are been carried out within the firm are quite
susceptible to many obligations and thus will lead the firm to improve the performance of the
organisation. Health and social care service provider have to maintain their performance and
work ethics in the best possible manner that will help in suitable rise planning of strategies to
meet needs of their patients. The current report will be based upon understanding of social model
in its contribution into health and illness of disease like that of cancer. Further it will also be
analysing the sociological explanation of theories and applying concept for cancer.
ANALYSIS
Social model of Health and illness in understanding of disease
 It can be stated that social construction of cancer will be mainly based upon concept of
reality which means that there is no specified objective that could be dealing with the
perception.
 Maintaining the health and social care services that are been carried out within the firm
will help in proper assessment of the needs and demands of the patients that are admitted
within a health and social care setting like NHS.

 In order to provide the suitable assessment of the disease and maintaining of aids to its
resolution will be carried out by the organization.
 Different theories and models can be imbibed within the health and social care setting in
order to manage support proper identification and rectification of diseases.
 This will help in the proper assessment and development of an understanding of disease
or condition like Cancer.
 The social model of health and illness that is been carried out will help in proper
following of the measures and effective strategies which will help in placing the health
and social care reforms within a setting or an enterprise like NHS. The adoption and
implementation of effective medical methods like Social model of health and social care
will help in improving the quality of wellbeing services that are been carried out by the
firm.
 This will help in suitable planning of the services and will cause the planning of suitable
medications and treatment strategies
Social model of disability:
 It is the effective structure that is followed in order to observe the way a society is been
arranged. It involves the people's perception and attitude towards a disability or
impairment that lays the foundation of implementation of suitable details regarding a
disease or impairment and get suitable management options for it.
 The major aim of social model of health and social care is to change and improve people
perception towards a disease or disability like cancer. It advocates the placing of the

patients and disease survivors to be an imminent part of society and help them to have a
good facility that will help them to have a suitable planning of the services.
 These approach will help in proper planning and effective rise in the planning of
medication and other facilities within the firm.
 This will assist in improving the suitable planning of the services that will help in the
suitable development of treatment measures that will help in incorporating the
medications and other facilities.
 This will also improve the sales of the organization and support the growth and
improvement of the health and social care services that will help in meeting needs of
patients and disabled people.
 The development of understanding of disease also helps in improving the company's
ability to tackle down the issues related to the treatment of Cancer.
 Cancer, in the recent time has emerged as a major physical ailment that has taken
numerous people regardless to gender and age. Being a major disease to seek medical
attention or worldwide scale, organizations like NHS will look after the proper planning
of treatment measures that will improve condition of patients suffering from it.
 In recent period, awareness and positive attitude about cancer have evolved and many
people have come together to stand along with the patients to provide them with the
physical, social, emotional and psychological support to the patients and thus will help in
proper planning of medication and treatment facilities within social and health care
setting within the firm.

Sociological explanation
 The sociological research on cancer which is caused by over last decade which is mainly
focusing on experience with interacting over provision of cancer service for their
individual person at their risk.
 The basic aim of the social model of disability is that it helps the organisation to improve
quality of services and following will help in suitable rise in positive attitude of people
about the treatment of the disease or ailment like cancer.
 In a health and social care setting, the treatment of a disease is largely based upon the
behaviour and attitude of people around the disease and patient.
 A positive and supportive perception helps the organisation to reduce the chances of
severity and increases the recovery opportunities for a person.
 Besides this, increasing the understanding of the diseases will help the family members
of the organisation that will help in suitable planning help in suitable rise in quality of
health and social care support and services for cancer patients.
 The people's perception is required to look after the proper planning of the services and
thus will help in carrying out which will help in improving the welfare actions and
medication facilities that are undertaken within NHS.
 Other than this, the selected health and social care organisation will also look after the
proper planning of the measures and setting up of campaigns regarding the rise in
increasing the awareness about Cancer.

 This will help in providing the suitable treatment and handling the sales of the
organisation that assists in proper assessment of the treatment measures carried out for
the proper handling of the cancer and its related prejudices.
 The doctors and health official's along with the nursing staff will look after the proper
planning which will help in proper management of services and will help in improving
the health care services within the selected health and social care organisation. It will
also lead the firm to improve the quality of medicines and treatment.
Application of the concepts on Cancer
 Cancer is one of the major health or risk factor issue that influences the wellbeing of a
person and his/ her family.
 This will also impact the placing which will help in meeting medical requirements of the
organisation this will help in handling the various treatment measures which are been
carried out within the firm.
 This will help in maintaining the growth measures which will help in meeting the
functionalities and other health care services in an effective way.
 The social model of disability and health care will help in meeting the health and
treatment requirements of the organisation in much effective and suitable manner.
 This will also help in critically evaluate the reason behind the cause and occurrence of
the disease and hence will help in improving the services of NHS.
Data related to Cancer in UK
Some of major and most effective statistics that are been occurrence of Cancer in UK.

 The latest data indicates that there are in total cases 359,960 out of which 163,444 ended
to the death of the patients.
 The survival rate of the organisation has been improved to about 52% due to high level of
preventable cases within the organisation as well as the health and social care setting in
the suitable manner.
 Major cases are of cervical and breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in males.
 The majority of the patients are above the age of 60 years while 1 in 2 of the people in the
census of UK is on the risk of getting infected by one or the other form of cancer.
 The data also suggests that smoking and drinking is the biggest reason of Cancer of the
people in UK.
Major cancer in UK
Figure 1: Major cancer in UK

 In the recent year, cancer has been increase in the children's and teenage groups due to
genetic and other biological reasons.
 This will help in proper management of the cases by the health and social care
organisations like NHS.
 This will guide the organisation to carry out the medication in most effective and suitable
manner. This will also help in suitable planning of the services.
 The assessment of these data or information by a health and social care organisation that
will help in reducing the occurrence of the Cancer among people.
 This will impact the treatments and further occurrence of the disease in the most effective
manner. It will help in proper management of health and social care setting.
 NHS will look after the effective handling of treatment measures of Cancer in UK.
CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it can be noted that cancer is very widespread disease which is
increasing into UK and all around the world as well. It is very much important that social
institute and social channels are regulating the policies and procedures which are related with
cancer and understanding the diseases. Social model for health and cancer is addressing very
broader influence of health and not particularly on one particular disease.

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