Introduction
Along with almost every country of the World, the British population is gradually increasing by the million. The British population is fast approaching 67 million people and as it continues to grow there has been an increasing concern that several demographic factors are driving the current British Government into pegging the National Health Organisation towards further problems for the future ahead. More and more numbers of people are finding it difficult to acquire more efficient healthcare to obtain a better standard of living. When it comes to the public health sector this is no exception, and it is argued that the need for treatments for certain illnesses and diseases in hospitals especially more so during the winter periods is causing considerable effects on the vulnerable and in particular, the elderly.
The fact that the current government is privatising many health institutions has lead the British people into thinking that it is not doing enough to provide a sustainable and an efficient approach to many of the people who are dependent on the resources they imply within the health sector. Nursing staff as well as general practitioners have become
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Since the last census was held in 2001 there have been important changes to the membership of the European Union, with many of the former East European states now full members, and their citizens legally permitted to travel and work as they wish within the other member states. Around 700,000 are believed to have come to the UK However, some countries, the UK among them, have place limits on their rights to work, and to avail themselves of benefits (including health benefits). There is some concern also that strains of the disease resistant to most treatments have evolved, though there is insufficient evidence to attribute this to the changed population structure.” (Goodyear,
The changes to health policy and the re-organisation of the NHS in recent years which has led to improve integrated governance, has all developed as a result of the catastrophic failings that occurred in Mid-Staffordshire healthcare Trust. The Secretary of State for health, Andrew Lansley, announced a full public inquiry to parliament on the 9th June 2009 into the role of the commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust (Midstaff inquiry online, 2013). This inquiry was led by Robert Francis QC, who proposed recommendations to ensure that similar events do not repeat in future. The Francis report made 290 recommendations which included improved support for compassionate, caring and committed care, as well as stronger healthcare leadership (Health Foundation Online, 2014).
The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, Unit 2, ‘Illness, Health and Care’, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
46. Indicate the factors that contributed to population growth in the American colonies during the eighteenth century, and discuss the characteristics and consequences of that growth.
Public Expectations: In Health and Social Care, the public expects employees/workers to be caring, respectful towards the patients protected characteristics which means avoiding conflicts such as discrimination and inequality treatments. They should be able to protect personal information of the patients by following the 'Data protection and Confidentiality Act 1998'. They are expected to give good supportive advice towards their patients and employees to improve the quality of work and welfare benefits. They expect higher standards of care, detailed information about their treatment, communication and involvement in decisions making activities and also access to the latest treatments (Thekingsfund,
Public concerns have a negative effect on the care sector causing a lack of trust. Bad press leads to the public feeling that all care establishments operate in a neglectful way. Good practice is rarely recognised in the media. Through public concern during this time, people’s concerns lead to many investigations and changes, which lead to Winterbourne being closed
...e crucial change needed in health services delivery, with the aim of transforming the current deteriorated system into a true “health care” system. (ANA, 2010)
The article I chose discusses the continual change in the roles of nurses. The article also poses a concept that nursing now is not based on caring, but medicine. “By accepting continual changes to the role of the nurse, the core function of nursing has become obscured and, despite assuming medical tasks, the occupation continues to be seen in terms of a role that is subordinate to and dependent on medicine.” (Iley 2004) Nurses are taking a more professional role, and more tasks are being delegated to assertive personnel. Therefore, with all these changes occurring, the role of the enrolled nurse is unclear. “Previously, having two levels of qualified nurse in the United Kingdom had been seen as problematic for health service managers and nurses themselves, and the ending of enrolled nurse programs in 1992 helped to solve this problem.” (2004) The study in this article gathered the characteristics of enrolled nurses and differentiated the groups converting to registered nurses, groups in the process of conversion, and groups interested or not interested in conversion. This study reveals the situation of enrolled nurses in context of continuing towards the professionalization of nursing. “The data from this study support the possibility that the role of nurses as direct caregivers is seen as a positive dimension of the work they undertake.” (2004) The findings imply that nurses need to get back to being caregivers, instead of concentrating on obtaining professional status in medicine.
The result of the Francis Report means that the NHS is at a turning point in how all Health Care is delivered, as suggested by NHS employers “28 of Robert Francis' QC's recommendations are for changes to nursing regulation or delivery”.
The Australian health care system comprises both the public and the private health sub-sectors. The health care system concerns itself with the financing, formulation, implementation, evaluation, and reforming of health services. The main sources of f...
Care in the 19th century was significantly different to how it is now. The industrial Revolution was a time of change in the provision of care. In 1845 a new Poor Law for Scotland was passed which meant the responsibilities for the provision of medical care fell to the Parish Boards. “The provision of care, however, was still minimal, was often provided by voluntary, charitable associations, or by Parish Boards, where there was a continuing stigma associated with the need for help”, (Miller,
In this essay I will analyse the origins of Community Care and what benefits emerged when the NHS Community Care Act 1990 was established. Later on, I will explain and critically evaluate the effects of privatisation in social care and health.
Davis, C; Finlay, L; & Bullman, A. (2000) ‘Changing Practice in Health and Social Care, London: Open University Press
The impact of key social, political and scientific developments on health status in Britain. In this paper the major causes of death in the 19th century are going to be compared with the major causes of death to date. This is going to be done by showing what people in the 19th century thought about disease and how they fought against it comparing to how Britain fights disease and illness in the 20th century. This paper will then focus on how urbanisation and industrialisation have affected developments on health status and will be linking this to how sanitation reforms have developed over the century leading to the discovery of vaccination.
The objective of this project shall identify the extent to which the principle of equity underpins government strategy in contemporary Irish health policy. In order to examine this principle, the essay will focus on the health services for older people. Such services are an important topic to address in modern day Irish society because the population of those aged over 65 is set to increase considerably which will cause particular economic and social implications for healthcare services in the future. Initially the paper shall provide a foundation of historical developments that have emerged within the Irish Healthcare system and highlight social policy implementations that have occurred. Following this, the paper will go on to discuss 'equity' with emphasis placed on the importance of effective policy measures to safeguard the equity and fair treatment of the elderly within the Irish healthcare system. Inference shall be made to the medical card scheme, hospital bed waiting lists, services for elderly people and the equity issues involving public and private healthcare. It shall also examine government policy papers in terms of how the two-tiered health system shows evidence of inequality that goes against the code of equity sought out by the `Quality and Fairness' (2001) report. Finally this essay will finish with a conclusion of the overall discussion.
- Organisation and Management of Health Care, April 2002, Version 2.0 , Main Contributor: Katie Enock, Public Health Specialist, Harrow Primary Care Trust www.healthknowledge.org.uk