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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?

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responsible for regulating the standard of professional practice of all nurses and midwives.

26
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What does the Royal college of nursing do?

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aims to maintain high standards in nursing practice through their education and research activities.

27
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What are some organisations that regulate professions in health and social care? (4)

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  • 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?

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promotes good practice and also exists to protect the public, throughout the UK.

29
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What does the General medical council do?

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GMC oversees UK medical education and training

30
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How to empower service users? (3)

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  • Putting individuals at the heart of the provision
  • Promoting and supporting individuals right to dignity and independence
  • Providing individualised care
  • providing an holistic approach
31
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how do service providers support safeguarding employees?

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  • internal and external complaints
  • following protocols of regulatory bodies
  • whistleblowing policy
32
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What is the whistleblowing policy?

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If a staff member wants to make a complaint about another staff member, this policy protects them from their job being put at risk

33
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What is the general role for a health care assistant?

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provide practical help and support for people who have difficulties with daily activities.

34
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What is the health and safety policy?

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Where there are no risks of anything being harmed or anyone being injured.

35
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What is the equality and diversity policy?

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Ensures that everyone is being treated fairly and no one is being discriminated against.

36
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What is the medication policy?

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provides limitations who can give out medication in the health and social care setting.

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What is the safeguarding policy?

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making sure that vulnerable children and people are being looked after and kept safe at all times.

38
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What is the DBS referral policy?

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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?

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Provides practical help and support for people who have difficulties with day to day life.

40
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What is the general role of a support worker?

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provides the role of the nurse but must be supervised by another healthcare professional

41
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What is residential care?

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provides care for the patients and gives families a rest and break from looking after family members.

42
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What is domiciliary care?

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provides support and care to people who still live in their homes.

43
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What is discrimination?

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Unfair treatment due to their differences

44
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What is prejudice?

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Unfair beliefs and emotions towards others

45
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What is indirect discrimination?

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Rules that apply to everyone but certain people are affected discreetly.

46
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What is positive action?

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Voluntary actions that providers can take to address any imbalances in society

47
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What is the difference between policies and legislations?

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policies are rules that each workplace comes up with, legislations are acts that are set by the government that must be followed.

48
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Name 2 important legislations?

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  • Equality Act 2010

- Human Rights Act 1998

49
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What does the Equality act 2010 do?

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Protects people from discrimination in the work place and wider society

50
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What does the Human rights act 1998 do?

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Guarantees the right to people cared for by public authorities to be treated equally.

51
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What is one legislation that ensure that a safe working environment is maintained?

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Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)

52
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What is one policy that controls substances that are harmful to health?

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The control of substance hazardous to health regulation 2002.

53
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How doe HSC service provide effective and confidential communication? (5)

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  • 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
54
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Data must be….. (5)

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  • 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
55
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How should data be stored?

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  • In a locked filing cabinet

- protected by a password if electronic

56
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How should data be accessed?

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Staff should not access information that they do not need to know.

57
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Who should data be shared?

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Data should only be shared with other professionals who have a need and right to know.

58
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What are the 4 organisations that regulate professionals?

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  • The nursing and midwifery council
  • Royal college of nursing
  • The health and care professional council
  • The general medical council
59
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What does the nursing and midwifery council do?

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responsible for regulating the standard of professional practice of all nurses and midwives

60
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What does the Royal College of Nursing do?

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aims to maintain high standards in nursing in practice through education and research activities

61
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What does the Health and care professional council do?

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it promotes good practice and also exists to protect the public

62
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What does the general medical council?

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is an independent organisation for the registration and regulations of doctors

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