BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care: Welfare State Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the development of the welfare state in the UK, starting from the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. It examines the impact of various key legislations, including the Public Health Act of 1848, the Factory Act of 1833, the National Health Service Act of 1946, and the Social Care Act of 2014, among many others. The report explores how these acts addressed issues of poverty, public health, employment, and social protection, shaping the modern welfare system. It also covers acts related to children, safety, equality, and human rights, offering insights into the evolution of social policy and its impact on the lives of individuals within the UK. The report covers the historical context and the evolution of social policy and welfare legislation in the UK, providing a detailed overview of the key milestones and their significance.

Development of the Welfare State since Poor Law
Amendment Act 1834
Course name: BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care
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1. Poor law 1601 act,
This act can be passed by
the parliament of England.
It provide the better
facility for poor people
and fulfil all essential need
and requirement of social
community.
2. Crisis Act of 1772,
Crisis and economic
recession is directly
affecting the operation of
welfare states. The
important aspect of
development is to fulfil
need of poor people.
3. Poor Law
Amendment Act,
1834
Legislation can be applied.
It had to go into particular
workhouse. Many people
can wear different kind of
uniform and follows a strict
rules and regulation. In
some cases, it had made
terrible condition.
4. Environment
al Health Act
1875
The act was given by
authority to maintain supply
of water, cleaning, paying
and environmental health
regulation. It has been
established local boards of
health and monitor the
condition of people.
5. Factory act 1833
(industrial
revolution)
The act was passed by
government to improve the
condition for children those
are working in the factories.
6. Public Health
Act, 1848
The act has been
established by board of
health and empower with
establishing or managing
local health procedure. In
order to provide the best
health services for people
7. Liberal reform 1906-
1914,
This act was passed the
series of legislation and
reform the approach in
order to eliminate the
problem or issue of poverty.
Majorly focused on old
people, unemployed
8. National Health Service
Act, 1946.
Helps in providing the
aspects of how the care
facilities are generated and
are provided to the
individuals within the
healthcare system.
9. National
Insurance Act
1946,
Social protection for poor
community so that it
should be consider poor
low policies and
procedures. It supports the
relief program and largely
differentiating the modern
welfare society
.
10. welfare state
after-1948,
The act was passed by the
government and introduced
the rights of society, and
poor people. In order to
launch the incoming labour
concept for employees.

11. Education Act,
1944
The government was
passed this act in order to
provide secondary
education for children
those are unable to
complete their elementary
education.
12. Safety, health
and welfare act
1956,
The act was focused on the
securing the safety, health
& welfare of person who
are employed in the
agriculture business.
13. labour act 1945-51,
The law was passed by the
government to maintain the
unemployment situation
while improving the
economic as well as social
condition of people.
14. Children act 1960,
This act provide the best
care, protection, welfare,
training and maintenance
for children. The act was
passed by UK
government.
15. Safety information
act 1988,
This act can be maintained
safety aspect in terms of
environment and health
aspect for social groups.
16. Welfare act
1996,
This law contained a
number of incentives
for states which is
not sever as families.
It applicable for poor
family and their
children’s.
17. Human right act
1998,
The act was define the
fundamental rights,
freedoms of every person in
UK.
18. Companies act
1985,
it showing the normal
Requirement for accounting.
It include all statement of
standard, practices which
has been developed by
committee.
19. Building Act 1984,
this type of legislation
supports in terms of
Building, creating a strong
political, economic in UK
.
20. Health and Safety at
Work Act 1974
This act is applied to the piece
of legislation for workplace.
All employers provide safe
working environment for their
staff members.

21. Social protect act
2012,
By using successive
welfare social policy tool
or platform, it might have
operating the effective
way to handle automatic
stabiliser.
22. Equality act
2010,
It provide the equal
opportunity for people in
terms of different facilities
or services on the basis of
government.
23. Social care act
2008,
This regulation is
helping to replace
health & social care. It
supports to handle or
control of their care.
24. Welfare act
1996,
This law contained a
number of incentives
for states which is
not sever as families.
It applicable for poor
family and their
children’s.
25. Social protect
act 2020,
This act was passed
by the government to
protect or secure
equal rights of
individuals.
26. Development of
the welfare state
act
The act supports to
measure the development
of advanced capitalist in
the context of welfare state
on the basis of various
criteria:-
27. Data protection act
2018.
The act has supposed to
secure or protect the
sensitive information of
people.
28. Criminal evidence act
1984,
The act was passed by the
government to keep record
the criminal activities.
29. town and
country planning
act 1990,
This act can be used by
the government to keep
change the modification in
rules or regulations.
30. working time
regulation act 1998,
It provide the health &
safety for employees at
workplace. it was passed by
the government.

31. companies act
2006,
It reform the
enterprise and
changing the
business legislations.
32. criminal justice act
2003,
It provide the justice for
victim, if it has been
identified the illegal
activities.
33. financial service &
markets act 2000,
This act can be supported the
enterprise so that they can
easily handle financial services.
34. employment
right act 1996,
This act was passed
by the government
to offer equal rights
for employees at
workplace.
35. re-public act
7610,
This act support the
protection of children
and against the
abuse, discrimination.
36. consumer right act
2015,
This act support the
consumer where they can
select right one.
37. Union & labour
relation act 1992,
The act support for labour
and union leader to use
appropriate procedure in
regards of working.
38. employment protection
regulation 1999,
This act helps for employee
to keep use this legislation
and identify their own
rights,
39. Education & skill
act 2008,
The act provide the
opportunity for children or
employees where they can
improve their skills.
40. Training regulation
act 2010.
The act was launched by
the government to give
preference of children or
employees who are working
in the organisation.

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