LAA

• Health care settings are those which are the first port of call and deal with physical and mental health.
• Social care settings are those which exist to help and support people who need or require practical or personal care due to disability or illness.
• Healthcare workers carry out their roles in four main settings: GPs, hospitals, clinics, and home.
• People go to a GP when they need medical evidence or advice.
• A GP will then be able to diagnose an illness and issue medication if needed.
• Nurses may also carry out treatment at GP services.
• Hospitals are where surgery’s are carried out and they also have emergency departments.
• Patients are referred to a specialist by their GP so they can receive specialist care for their specific condition that a GP cannot provide.
• Clinics are where people go to be treated for specific medical conditions.
• To access a clinic a patient needs to be referred by their GP.
• Nurses and doctors work within these clinics.
• Home care can be provided for housebound people in their homes.
• End of life care can also be provided within a persons home.
• Home births for pregnant patients are also possible in social care settings.
• Residential care settings are where people who can no longer be looked after in their home are looked after.
• Social care workers provide residents in these settings with personal care such as washing, toileting, and dressing.
• Domiciliary care is where social care workers provide care for people in their own homes.
• They help people live independently whilst also helping them with tasks such as shopping, cleaning, and transport.
• Daycare centres are used by older people and people with disabilities.
• Social care workers may be involved in leisure activities for the people attending these centres.
• Roles are the function or position a person has in their job or situation.
• Responsibilities refer to the duty’s someone must complete and is accountable for.
• Keeping professional skills and knowledge up to date, improving health and wellbeing, promoting/protecting health, easing difficulties, managing information, and providing treatment are all responsibilities of healthcare workers.
• Policies are detailed descriptions of how an organisation intends to conduct itself and its services/the actions it will take including their long term goals.
• Policies provide guidelines to help with decision making.
• The health and safety at work act 1974 aims to ensure the working environment is safe and free from hazards.
• The act involves assessing risks before carrying out tasks, checking equipment for faults before use, using appropriate personal protective clothing, handling hazardous/contaminated waste correctly, and disposing of sharp implements appropriately.
• The eight core principles relating to the safe and appropriate handling of medication are: people who use services have freedom of choice related to the provider of their medication and the services including the dispensed medication they receive, care staff should know which medication each person has and keep a record of this medication, care staff who help people with their medicines are competent, medicine is given safely and correctly, medicine is available for when the individual needs them, medication is stored safely, and the social care service has access to advice from a pharmacist.
• The equality act 2010 provides protection against discrimination for people who possess one or more of the nine specific characteristics- age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion and belief, sex, gender reassignment, and sexual orientation.
• The human rights act 1998 outlines the basic human rights and principles of equality.
• Fairness, respect, equality, dignity, and autonomy are all protected by the human rights act 1998.
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005 includes the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) to help people who lack the capacity to maintain their independence, dignity and the right to freedom.
• The DoLS aids vulnerable individuals to maintain their right to dignity and equality.
• The Care Act 2014 provides 6 key principles which should underpin all work with vulnerable adults, including ensuring that adults receive support that’s personal to them, chosen by them and has consent.
• The safeguarding policy sets out the statutory requirements for the NHS England to discharge its appropriate accountability for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk of harm or abuse.
• The policy identifies and clarifies how relationships between health and other systems contribute to safeguarding.
• The policy sets out the legal framework for safeguarding to support their statutory requirements.
• The policy promotes empowerment and autonomy for adults.
• The policy outlines principles, attitudes, expectations, and ways of working that recognize safeguarding as a priority.
• The policy has named professionals for safeguarding.