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What does adult social care do?

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Provides support for people aged 18+ who have disabilities, mental health problems or frail.

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What does child services do?

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Aims to support and protect vulnerable children, young people and their famillies

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What services are provided by adult social care? (4)

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care
residential care
sheltered housing
day centres

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What services are provided by child services? (4)

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Safeguarding
Day care
Parenting skills
fostering or adoption

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What does a GP practice do?

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Provides a first point of access to service users with extensive knowledge about medical conditions

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What are the benefits of public health care? (2)

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free for service users

wide range of services

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What are the drawbacks of public health care? (1)

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Long waiting list

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What are the benefits of private health care? (2)

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short waiting list

seen to quicker

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What are the drawbacks of private health care? (1)

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Expensive

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What are the benefits for voluntary health care? (1)

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Not run for personal profit

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What are the drawbacks for voluntary health care? (1)

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Donations are needed to survive

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What do daycare centres provide?

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Provided for old people or people suffering with mental health problems and specific health conditions

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What does hospice care provide?

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to improve the quality of life for people who have an incurable ilness

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What does domiciliary care provide?

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Care that is provided in service users home

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What is the CQC?

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responsible for monitoring and inspecting health services and adult social care services.

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what does CQC stand for?

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Care and Quality Commision

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What does the CQC monitor? (5)

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  • NHS trust commissions
  • Clinics
  • Dentists
  • Domiciliary care
  • Mental health provision
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What does NICE stand for?

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National Institute for health and Care Excellence

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What is NICE responsible for?

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providing guidance on current best practices in health and social care

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What guidance is provided by NICE?

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Guidance includes treatments for specific diseases, new health technology and assessments on the costs and effectiveness of treatments.

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What does PHE stand for?

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Public Health England

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What is PHE?

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an agency sponsored by the department of health, aims to protect and improve the public health and well being of people

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What does OFSTED do?

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regulates and inspects services that educate children, young people and adults

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What is the eligibility criteria for a professional referral? (2)

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  • A physical and/or mental impairment or illness

- An inability to achieve at least two daily activities

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What do the nursing and midwifery council do?
responsible for regulating the standard of professional practice of all nurses and midwives.
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What does the Royal college of nursing do?
aims to maintain high standards in nursing practice through their education and research activities.
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What are some organisations that regulate professions in health and social care? (4)
- Nursing and midwifery council - Royal college of nursing - Health and care professions council - General medical council
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What does health and care professional council promote?
promotes good practice and also exists to protect the public, throughout the UK.
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What does the General medical council do?
GMC oversees UK medical education and training
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How to empower service users? (3)
- Putting individuals at the heart of the provision - Promoting and supporting individuals right to dignity and independence - Providing individualised care - providing an holistic approach
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how do service providers support safeguarding employees?
- internal and external complaints - following protocols of regulatory bodies - whistleblowing policy
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What is the whistleblowing policy?
If a staff member wants to make a complaint about another staff member, this policy protects them from their job being put at risk
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What is the general role for a health care assistant?
provide practical help and support for people who have difficulties with daily activities.
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What is the health and safety policy?
Where there are no risks of anything being harmed or anyone being injured.
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What is the equality and diversity policy?
Ensures that everyone is being treated fairly and no one is being discriminated against.
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What is the medication policy?
provides limitations who can give out medication in the health and social care setting.
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What is the safeguarding policy?
making sure that vulnerable children and people are being looked after and kept safe at all times.
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What is the DBS referral policy?
Checks that are put in place so that individuals are not at risk of being harmed by dangerous staff members
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What is the general role of a care assistant?
Provides practical help and support for people who have difficulties with day to day life.
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What is the general role of a support worker?
provides the role of the nurse but must be supervised by another healthcare professional
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What is residential care?
provides care for the patients and gives families a rest and break from looking after family members.
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What is domiciliary care?
provides support and care to people who still live in their homes.
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What is discrimination?
Unfair treatment due to their differences
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What is prejudice?
Unfair beliefs and emotions towards others
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What is indirect discrimination?
Rules that apply to everyone but certain people are affected discreetly.
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What is positive action?
Voluntary actions that providers can take to address any imbalances in society
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What is the difference between policies and legislations?
policies are rules that each workplace comes up with, legislations are acts that are set by the government that must be followed.
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Name 2 important legislations?
- Equality Act 2010 | - Human Rights Act 1998
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What does the Equality act 2010 do?
Protects people from discrimination in the work place and wider society
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What does the Human rights act 1998 do?
Guarantees the right to people cared for by public authorities to be treated equally.
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What is one legislation that ensure that a safe working environment is maintained?
Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)
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What is one policy that controls substances that are harmful to health?
The control of substance hazardous to health regulation 2002.
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How doe HSC service provide effective and confidential communication? (5)
- Data protection act 1998 - Recording, storing and retrieving medical and person information securely. - Maintaining confidentiality to service users - Respecting the rights of service users - Following appropriate procedures where disclosure is legally required
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Data must be..... (5)
- accurate and up to date - used only for the reasons being given - collected and used honestly and fairly - not be passed on to other organisations without permission - not be kept longer than necessary
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How should data be stored?
- In a locked filing cabinet | - protected by a password if electronic
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How should data be accessed?
Staff should not access information that they do not need to know.
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Who should data be shared?
Data should only be shared with other professionals who have a need and right to know.
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What are the 4 organisations that regulate professionals?
- The nursing and midwifery council - Royal college of nursing - The health and care professional council - The general medical council
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What does the nursing and midwifery council do?
responsible for regulating the standard of professional practice of all nurses and midwives
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What does the Royal College of Nursing do?
aims to maintain high standards in nursing in practice through education and research activities
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What does the Health and care professional council do?
it promotes good practice and also exists to protect the public
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What does the general medical council?
is an independent organisation for the registration and regulations of doctors

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