Health and Social Care Partnership: Policies, Legislation and Practice

This report provides a detailed examination of partnership working within the health and social care sector. It begins by defining the philosophy of partnership, exploring ethical frameworks such as ethics, deontology, and utilitarianism, and evaluating the impact of partnerships on service users, professionals, and organizations. The report then analyzes different types of partnerships, including problem-solving and project partnerships, highlighting the significance of current policies and legislation like the Health and Safety Act 2015 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Furthermore, it reviews the potential barriers to effective partnership working, such as lack of communication and trust, and proposes strategies for improvement, aiming to enhance collaboration and service delivery within the health and social care environment.

Working in Partnership in
Health and Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Explain philosophy of working in partnership in health and social care.........................1
1.2 Evaluation of partnership in relation within services of health and social care...............2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Highlighting the kinds of partnership with determine the partnership for taking place in
health and social care sector...................................................................................................4
2.2 Review current policies, legislation and process including in partnership in health and
social care working.................................................................................................................5
2.3 Differences in working exercises and policies affect team work in HSC........................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Evaluating possible result of working in partnership for service user, professional and
organisation............................................................................................................................7
3.2 Examine expected barriers to working partnership in health and social care setting.......8
3.3 Strategies for improving partnership working in HSC.....................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Health and social care industry is play an important role in the existing time period so it
help in providing various services related to with health so health of citizens can be considered in
proper manner. There are different types of diseases whether it is physical and mental that can
increasing day by day and by this health of people can be occurred in united kingdom. Health
and social care required to be understand the significance of promoting autonomy among
individuals. They also manage all roles and responsibilities and analyse how they related to
others in the sector (Barrington, 2017). Along with this, partners will help in recommending
ideas and plans so each patient can be treated by providing whole focus and effective medication
should be given to them. The report is divided into sections where philosophy of partnership
working in the sector of health and social care has been described. Also, the relationship of
models or partnership can be explained.
TASK 1
1.1 Explain philosophy of working in partnership in health and social care
The working partnership is determine as major features of the existing government plans
and policies in the social and health care sectors. Partnership refers to one or more person for
achieving desired goals and objectives for the organisation and also share equal profits or loss. It
involves negotiations among new members who mainly works in respective authorities. They
work together for insecure the deliver the advantages of people which can not provide maximum
profit. The philosophy of health and social care can be defined the set of underlined rules and
values which directly or indirectly connected at the time of doing working in corporation in
specific area for providing health and social care services. There are different types of
philosophies are existing for related to such type of partnership working that includes ethics,
utilitarianism and deontology (Bircher and Kuruvilla, 2014). Such things are insures that quality,
equity, efficiency and thus it help in achieving complete targets for providing best quality
products and services to their customers. Such type of philosophical systems are described as
under:
 Ethical partnership- Ethics are those approaches which can be concerned with doing
activities and actions to equal with rights that should be adopted at different conditions. It
mainly includes making difficult decision process in the context of particular situation
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among moral dilemmas on daily basis in effective manner. It is very important to
understand the issues or problems which are related to ethics so they will make proper
decision making for analyse what is right or wrong. Along with this, choose accurate
options among different alternatives and determine something for what should they need
to perform in appropriate manner. They should need to maintain dilemma in the working
of partnership in health and social care so difficult selection can be done (Brett and et. al.,
2014). On the other hand, philosophical perplexity can be determine as nothing but major
disputing policies and plans in this case while one or more principles is opposite with
another person. Therefore, coalition works in welfare and social group caring, it is
important for considered various set code of ethics and analyse the meaning of moral
content for fulfilling the vision and actions which are totally associated with health.
 Deontology- The concepts of deontology is mainly associated with correct and accurate
actions or activities and exist for moral responsibilities and roles in effective manner. The
professional workers working under the health and social care sector have to make
judgement which should be morally correct so various conflicts will be present for future
time period. Professional interim and meantime need to confirm their determination for
giving right descriptions. By this, I found that each and every workers working in well-
being care that associated with they can performing accurate activities or actions for
providing guarantee of correct results or outcome. They require to think proper for
analysing major issues or mistakes for achieving desired goals.
 Utilitarianism- The utilitarianism is grounded on the beliefs and principles of utility.
Therefore, any type of actions in such industry in health and social care need to generate
maximum balance among favourable belief in the values (Bryson, 2016). The major
philosophy can be considered with perplexity and morality for making to analyse good
results or outcomes. For analyse such philosophy, I need to find out that all the major
actions or activities should be conducted by any professional in correct manner because it
help in increasing happiness level. The incorrect activity can show the negative result or
make difficulties.
1.2 Evaluation of partnership in relation within services of health and social care
Partnership relation play an important role within an organisation for gaining success and
growth. Also relationship can be exist among different persons for providing effective service
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options for delivering in appropriate manner. In an organisation, each services have various
attribute and nature through each other in health and social care whether it is optimistic or
negative framework (Philosophy Of Partnership Working. 2017). The table shows the positive
and negative evaluating the partnership in health and social care that are discussed as follows:
Basis Positive Negative
Organisation and service user The firm and service
customers require to maintain
positive relation among each
staff member. In this context,
management require to use
latest and correct techniques
for their clients. Positive
partnership help in increasing
efficiency of members and
promote accurate frame of
health and social care
suppliers.
The negative partnership
among organisation and
service user directly impact the
goodwill of health and social
care. It is necessary for
understand the positive factors
of an enterprise and service
consumers in proper manner so
they can get better results or
outcome for achieving
potential goals and objectives.
Employees and organisation This is necessary for maintain
and framing the relation in the
form of positive among
workers and organisation for
getting effective and better
delivery services. For
maintaining positive
relationship among employees
and firm which help in
achieving all major aims and
targets in proper way.
The negative partnership
relation among workers and
enterprise consider the
situation of health and social
care in against of subordinates.
On the other hand, care quality
commission require for
making each person
understand regarding positive
factors.
Employees and services user For maintaining positive
relation among workers and
On the other side, negative
relation among employees and
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service user for promoting and
increasing actual
understanding. Employees are
the main part of an
organisation for achieving
desired goals and targets in
effective manner. They require
for maintaining positive
relation among all customers
so they can get opportunity for
gaining correct results or
outcome.
service users will directly
impact on their work. Also
negative relationship should be
maintained workers and
service users that occurs
through lack of trust and do
respect for each other that can
reflect negative factors in
better time frame.
TASK 2
2.1 Highlighting the kinds of partnership with determine the partnership for taking place in
health and social care sector
Partnership refers to common agreement of work that can take place in between two or
more person and share equal profit or loss amount properly in appropriate manner. It is necessary
to realise the different types of partnership that can easily take place in the business and focus on
activities or actions. Also territorial conflicts are mainly occurs among each and every person
towards their roles and responsibilities between employees. According to the case, The primary
care trust which is under arrange duty and responsibilities for the related provision of safe and
care and they does not properly make sure the health quality services (Cameron and et. al.,
2014). Also the Strategic Health Authority was the actual representatives of the NHS and the
health department. The customers or patents are complaint regarding services and working
provides. There are various issues and problems that will occurs and complaints of person and
staff members are discussed as under:
 Lack of share accurate information or data
 Does not provide proper services to their patients
 Improper usage of communication skill
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While dealing such type of issues, various kinds of partnership require to executed in health and
social care sector that are listed as follows: Problem solving partnership- Partnership require to implement by both organisation for
solving major issues or problems related to partnership and company managers try to
resolve such things in effective manner (Carpenter and et. al., 2017). Such major
problems and issues that can face by clients and patients communication ability for taking
place to support the quality work in appropriate manner.
 Project partnership- It is one of the important type of partnership that require for
implement from both such associations for managing project partnership in which project
need to manage and handle some specific individual. Partnership of project will
providing and developing better information share information in smooth way. So they
can get opportunities and better services that can lead towards delivering proper work and
should have to promote.
Therefore, care quality commission require for executing both such partnership in the society or
community so they can get effective and better working should be increased.
2.2 Review current policies, legislation and process including in partnership in health and social
care working
For doing working in health and social care, there are different process, policies and
legislations which includes so they require for understand by company managers of health and
social care staff members. It is necessary for maintaining effectiveness and efficiency in working
so they get opportunity for better and correct results which can be increased. So it is totally based
on case study where lack of deficiency regarding health and social care working. By this, consent
CQC require for giving accurate information to all society or community in respect to policies,
legislations and process that should be involved in partnership working that are as follows: Health and safety act, 2015- It is that act which indicate the health and social care
services which require for maintaining safety and best quality working at the time of
dealing with different customers in proper manner (Dickinson and O'Flynn, 2016). The
main role and responsibility is to maintain correct quality based work by eliminating
wrong services and help in delivering effective services in better way. Care quality
commission require for reflecting such consent and this act implement to both society so
they can became capable for rising working condition.
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 Health and social act, 2012- This cat signifies in the part of 251B so it is necessary for
share common information in better manner and suitable services leads towards for
delivering effectively. Such consent require for understand by company managers of Care
quality commission properly. It can make in understand the local society so customers
lead for gaining maximum profits by selling products and services.
 251C- Such section of health and social care act indicate the important information for
getting share on regular basis so deviation get removed (Glasby and Dickinson, 2014).
The major issue that can associated for providing accurate information which take place
for solving such problems in effective manner. Therefore, such concern considered as
major where they can nit deliver quality based services. Such parts required for
understand both local community mental health team.
These are associated acts and process that required for understand by local society mental
health staff members in proper manner. It is essential to interpret such consent properly so these
practices should be improved and organisational practices that can lead for make customers fully
satisfied regarding their products and services.
2.3 Differences in working exercises and policies affect team work in HSC
The working in health and social care is not easy thing and company managers require
for understand the practices and policies of an enterprise while works in partnership. Individual
working is very simple task where partnership deed should be framed opportunities of disputes in
these external environment that can be increased. Working with team will directly impact from
different number of factors that are not suitable for delivering services which get affected.
The local community mental health team and mental health trust staff are facing certain
issues and problems which can occurs among employees and organisation in badly manner. Such
organisation policies and exercises get informed from each other that may arise among them and
gaining correct result or outcome (Glasby, 2017). Therefore, working team can be impacted
while all necessary communication should take place to each staff members and determine major
issue.
 It is one of the major problem which occurs among both association due to lack of
communication. For transferring the message from one another which does not take place
properly and framed as major issue. It arise because, both teams does not analyse their
business operations relationship.
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 An organisation require to share their views and factors with each other so they get
opportunities in better and correct manner which help in doing working can be became
possible. Staff members does not share their opinions and ideas with each other and
determine the major reason of inappropriate services (Mason and et. al., 2015). Mental
health staff trust have issue where they provides technological and views for developing
with each other due to some hidden factors. On the other hand, it is another reason by
which the delivery of services to target the customers at the market place.
TASK 3
3.1 Evaluating possible result of working in partnership for service user, professional and
organisation
It is necessary for service suppliers for maintaining correct partnership with customers o
they get better and appropriate working which can be promoted. A patient need special care but
due to this they does not have any issue and problem about these things. Therefore, they gain
possible result or outcome, the major thing that consider as important factors which help patients
and relatives. The result of possible outcome of working in partnership for professional, service
user and organisation that are described as follows:
 It is one of the major possible result of partnership working among professional and user
which get opportunities of recover getting increased. If a professional does not going for
supply best quality services among with full involvement then they get chance of
increasing deviations in effective manner (Smith, Swallow and Coyne, 2015). Therefore,
suitable partnership can lead towards for doing proper working so they get chance for
recover the possible outcome.
 Another achievable result between professional and organisation with effective
partnership where appropriate work can be managed and handled properly. While health
and social care help in managing all policies and practices which are related to business
so they can reach with desired goals and targets.
Hence, if service user, professional and organisation frame correct partnership among each other
then patient health should be recover and positive outcome can be impacted.
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3.2 Examine expected barriers to working partnership in health and social care setting
Barriers does affected and impacted the work in badly manner. Therefore, administration
or management require to evaluate all desired barriers in advance so they are directly effective
working which should be promoted in proper manner (Stewart and Wild, 2017). The actual
barriers for working partnership between organisation, user and professional that are discussed as
follows:
 It is one of the major barrier for deliver effective services by user or professional where
involves lack of coordination. Such barriers can impacted whole services that given by
professional and service user for gaining best suitable services.
 On the other hand, barrier associated with delivery services by professional to user
which is based on procedure barriers. Such barrier signifies that each person make
differences in working methods and techniques. Therefore, different nurses getting
opportunities on daily basis that directly impacted services and analyse the barrier which
can be considered for suffered by patients.
 Financial barrier shows the major issues in user for gaining better and good services in
appropriate manner. So barriers confine for delivering quality based services from an
organisation for targetting respondents. Patients does not have correct finance for pay fee
in private health care institution. Hence, accurate partnership require for manage
between both so they deliver services should analyse best possible way.
3.3 Strategies for improving partnership working in HSC
Working in partnership refers to involvement of two or more person together for
achieving common goals and targets and also share all respective ideas and views in effective
manner (Tew and et. al. , 2012). For improving working in partnership, it is necessary for
framing best suitable and correct strategies for taking action place which contributes in success
in different working factors. It is important for frame appropriate and correct strategies for
working in health and social care that includes:
 Implementation and framing correct communication channel in an enterprise so each and
every person lead towards for transfer information with each other. So they should
deliver accurate roles and responsibilities for each individual for making better
coordination between each other.
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 Another problem which take place by lack of information for sharing accurate message
with each other. They deal with such frame, so the major strategy has been concern with
business for making and developing business in smooth manner. An effective
communication channel determine as important part for solving necessary information
and try to resolve issues (World Health Organization, 2013).
 The lack of poor quality services or work for major issue and problem for dissatisfaction
among customers. For giving better and accurate service quality to target customers,
partners can given proper training to each person or teams.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it can be analysed that Health and social care industry
is play an important role in the existing time period so it help in providing various services
related to with health so health of citizens can be considered in proper manner. The working
partnership is determine as major features of the existing government plans and policies in the
social and health care sectors. Partnership relation play an important role within an organisation
for gaining success and growth. For doing working in health and social care, there are different
process, policies and legislations which includes so they require for understand by company
managers of health and social care staff members. It is necessary for service suppliers for
maintaining correct partnership with customers so they get better and appropriate working which
can be promoted.
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