Social Care Provider

Legislation ensures support is put in place to help with financial and physical needs. Helps ensure action is taken against people who discriminate others. Helps to recognise a person’s disability and ensures they have access to the same resources and activities that a person without disabilities has access to. Also makes it against the law to discriminate against people with a disability.

This essay will examine how the development of the Welfare State and the NHS changed the lives of the people of Britain since its introduction in 1948. To enable me to do so, I will analyse and evaluate the key relevant aspects that happened during that period.

The Australian health care system is a highly functioning and accessible system based on universal principles of access and equity. In this essay I will discuss the historical evolution and current structure of our health system, identifying current health service models of delivery and look at its strengths, weaknesses, policies and health priorities currently in Australia. I will discuss the roles of government and non-government health services in service provision and funding sources of Australian health. We will get a better insight of the role of standards for residential aged care and look into a broad range of professions that consumers may engage with in health service delivery, their roles and functions of each profession.

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force with crucial principles including new structures and arrangements in health care services to safeguard and strengthen the future of NHS and maintain the modernisation plan. In this Act, many new changes has been made to a number of existing Acts, National Health Services Act (NHS 2006), in order to enable health care system to tackle the existing challenges and also avoid any potential crisis in future. It has also introduced the proper allocation of NHS fund and budget, and improved the integrated care between NHS and social care services to promote patients’ choice in terms of delivering quality care.

Explain a range of ethical and moral dilemmas which social workers and the team may encounter when dealing with this care – look at case study on the assignment brief.

Policy is described as “a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual” (English Oxford Living Dictionaries, n.d.). The child welfare system consists of policies that have undergone many changes throughout history. The Gove Inquiry contributed to drastic changes within the child welfare policy, one of the main outcomes of this inquiry was the development of the Child, Family, and Community Service Act (CFCSA). The welfare system that once recognized community and family strengths now focuses more on administrative expertise and investigation. This paper will explore in greater detail the historical context that lead up to the development of the CFCSA. The main values, assumptions and ideologies that are

The welfare state was brought about by the Beverage report of 1942. William Beveridge outlined the five social and economic factors which needed to be restored in order for Britain’s economy to thrive once more. He named them the ‘five giant evils’ poverty, disease, ignorance, squalor, idleness. During the early 1900’s, life in Britain was very different and the government did not accept any responsibilities for its citizens.

Labour believed in implementing a welfare state, measured by the Keynesian principles of a mixed economy. These principles called for substantial management of the economy and full employment. Management meant nationalisation of major industries such as the Bank of England, civil aviation, transport, electricity, coal and steel mills, the construction industry and the health sector, among other utilities. In 1942, the liberal economist William Beveridge composed a report in which he outlined the major issues plaguing British society, mainly, poverty, unemployment, disease, poor education system and low housing standards. To address the Beveridge Report the Attlee government introduced social security, cradle to grave welfare with the implementation of the National Insurance Act (1946) and the National Assistance Act (1948), as well as the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 (Lowe, 1999).

The severity of interpersonal transaction between caregivers and child reflects heavily on development as well as interaction with other member in society. Raising a child with values, beliefs, political views and religious preference gives a foundation on an individual outlook toward society. However, this shows how significance a caregiver influence how a child development, family has a vital role in molding the life, social development, and behavior of a child personality. Erikson believed that childhood is significant in character development the eight stages of development which he formulated that concentrated on a particular task assign to each stage as you progress through life. These psychosocial development phases we encounter through

Universal Health Care is a founding principle that has been affected since the 1980’s. Universal Health Care represents that everyone who lives within Great Britain has the entitlement to use the NHS. They should be able to use all services that are provided by the NHS without any problem whatsoever. The Universal Health Care has been beneficial to Great Britain for increasing the quality of care and also life expectancy, as well as creating advancements in treatments and surgeries. However, with policy changes since the 1980’s, this right has been badly affected. The ability for everyone to receive all health care changed when the new labour government came into power in 1997. Allyson Pollock argued that ‘Under New Labour’ rather than re-establish and reconstruct ‘the NHS’s founding values’, it would create ‘new market solutions’. What this meant was that expense was increased rather than decreased for people. It caused higher amounts of problems for those with low income. Treatments previously complimentary on behalf of the NHS would ‘be charged for’. This impacted the poor because now the only way to get these services would be through ‘the private sector, for those able to afford them’. This is unfair to those who cannot pay for these treatments because this means they will miss out on treatment which they require. NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care By Allyson Pollock, Colin Leys, David Price Page 35

This was the drive for change and the way forward for the welfare state it actually identified. ‘Five major problems that needed to be tackled in post-war Britain ‘want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness’ Pierson, J and Thomas, P (2002). This report made several recommendations to combat these issues and the benefits system was created, several policies were made to support the recommendations like the Family Allowances Act 1945 the National Insurance Act 1946 and so on. The Beveridge Report though did also have several failings in it, which concentrated on the more vulnerable members of our society like those who are disabled and sick, as it was targeting those who could work and maintained benefits at low levels so to encourage the return to work. Though the National Assistance Act of 1948 did assist to help solve some of these issues as it imposed a duty on local authorities to provide accommodation for those in need for people over 18 who are ill or disabled Beveridge, J (1954).

The National Health Service (NHS) is a state run entity set up by the Labour government after 1948 as part of the welfare state. It was originally run by local authorities with funding from public money allocated by central government. Though in recent years this money has been moving to the private sector and many have speculated that this is privatisation by stealth. In this essay I will attempt to understand this process by giving some historical context to the events of the last few decades while pointing out some of the advantages and disadvantages, and the forms it could take, of privatisation. In conclusion I hope to point to a future where the NHS can exist with public money and private management.

In 1942, Sir William Beveridge’s report, Social Insurance and Allied Services, proposes major changes to create the foundations for a welfare system and, in its support, a national health service. The White Paper, A National Health Service, is published, which was prepared by Minister for Health, Henry Willink. The National Health Service Act 1946 is publishedand the National Health Service (NHS) was created. The Nurses Act 1949 established a modern framework for the role of nursing within the NHS due to ongoing concerns regarding rising costs. The 1950s saw further reforms, for example, in 1954 a wide-ranging review of the role of general practice encouraged the formation of independent GP group practices. 1956 The Jameson Working Party report on health visiting was published. The Clean Air Act 1956 became law in response to worsening air pollution in urban areas of the UK. The report of the Guillebaud Committee’s inquiry into the cost of the NHS is published. The report at the time, allayed fears that a free National Health Service could not be sustained. The report of the Royal Commission on Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency, a response to widespread concern about the care of people with mental illness and the first step towards community care, is published. The Family Doctor's Charter asked for

Aneurin Bevan’s social health reform legislation formed the health care act in 1948. This huge piece of legislative reform introduced a health service for all. Social class scales were removed and health equality was born. Employees contribute a small percentage of their living wage to maintain the service. Bevan introduced core principles, the most well known of the eleven core elements is “free at the point of use” (Bevan Report 1948), continues to be as important today as it was at its conception 60 years ago. “The NHS, as we know it and as Bevan would recognize it, now faces its greatest test yet in the face of financial shortfalls, increase in population” (line., 2011,Updated 2013 ). Behaviour and poverty appears to determine the health

The aim of this report is to explore the historical evolution and the socio -economic perspectives of National Health Service (NHS) and Mental Health individuals. The report will explore the history as far as early Nineteenth Century to the present-day. The main focus will be on policies and legislation influenced the foundation of NHS and how it has progressed to meet mental health individual’s needs. The report will also address the needs of individuals, resourced, stigma and discrimination for the mental health individuals. Blakemore (2003) Blakemore further questioned social policies intention to improve human welfare and to meet individual’s biopsychosocial needs. Changes were not just influenced by policies and legislation, they were also influenced by funding, organisation of the service delivery and influential people who felt the need for change.