NHS and Care Acts Flashcards
What did the Health and Social Care Act (2012) place statutory duty on?
- The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to have regard to the NHS Constitution.
- NHS England, and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to promote the NHS Constitution.
What does the Care Act (2014) make local authorities consider?
- Local services that already exist to support care needs.
- Identify people who may not have their care needs met.
- Identify carers who may need support.
What is the aim of the NHS Consitution?
aim to:
- Safeguard the enduring principles and value of NHS.
- Set out clear expectations about behaviours of staff and patients.
- Empower the public, patients and staff by setting out existing legal rights.
What are the 6 NHS values?
Working together for patients
Respect and dignity
Commitment of quality of care
Compassion
Improving lives of patients, communities and staff
Everyone counts
How does the NHS policy impact physiotherapy?
- Physios are identified as essential to successfully delivering care
- Support for the expanding physio workforce in primary and community care
- A commitment to invest in the physio workforce development
- Digital infrastructure will be deployed to improve data collection, access to services, personal records and support self-care
What is the aim of the Health and Care Act (2022)?
Aim to make it easier for organisation to come together in an integrated care board to decide how the NHS budget for their area is spent and develop a plan to improve people’s health
What is the point of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)?
Put in place fundamental/minimum standards everyone has the right to expect when they receive care.
There’s a range of enforcement powers that can be used to protect patients and service users when standards aren’t met.
What is primary care?
the first point of contact for people in need of healthcare (e.g.: GPs, dentists and pharmacists).
What is secondary care?
‘hospital and community care’ can be either planned (elective) care or urgent and emergency care
What is tertiary care?
highly specialised treatment (e.g: neurosurgery, etc.)
What are 4 examples of voluntary organisations and charities?
Age concern
Memory box foundation
St Johns
The national back pain association
What is the focus of the World Health Organisation (WHO)?
Shift the focus from impairment & disability to health & functional ability
What can the use of the ICF provide?
enhanced clinical reasoning by assisting with a selection of assessment techniques, outcome measures + interventions, & setting goals
What is the purpose of the ICF?
Provides a common language + framework for describing the level of function of a person with a specific health condition can do in a standard environment (their level of capacity), and what they actually do in their usual environment (their level of performance)
