Health&SocialCare: Unit2- 3.2~ Overview of national initiatives

Question 1

What is national initiatives?

Answer 1

Where guide providers of health, social and child care settings about their roles, rights and responsibilities

Question 2

Give some examples of national initiatives.

Answer 2

• The care certificate 2014
• Ofsted
• CQC
• EHRC
• NICE

Question 3

What are the key points of the care certificate?

Answer 3

• Sets out the min standards to be covered as part of the induction programme for anyone new to care
• It is for unregulated job rules such as social care assistance
• Sets out I5 standards
• Enables care workers to provide safe and high quality care and support

Question 4

What are the key points of Ofsted?

Answer 4

• They carry out inspections rating child care settings and schools from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’, reports identity good practice and what needs improving
• Aspects inspected includes
  -Effectiveness of leadership and management
  -Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
  -Personal development, behaviour and welfare (safeguarding)
  -Outcomes for children and learners

Question 5

What are the key points of CQC?

Answer 5

• It registers and licences care services to ensure essential standards are met
• It carries out inspections to monitor that care continues to meet standards
• It publishes inspection reports that rate care settings from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’
• It can issue warning notices and fines if standards are met

Question 6

What are the key points of NICE?

Answer 6

• It assesses new drugs and treatments as they become available
• It provides evidence based guidelines on how particular conditions should be treated
• It provides info services for those providing health and social care
• Improves outcomes for people using the NHS and other public services
• Nice considers where a drug or treatment:
  -Benefits patients/its value for money
  -Will help the NHS meets its target
  -Should be available on the NHS

Question 7

What are the key points of EHRC?

Answer 7

• -Provides definitive type of discrimination
• provides advice whether what happened was against equality law
• It advises on how to make a discrimination complaint and hot to take a case to court
• provides contact details for a telephone support service helpline.