1. Report Aims & Role Emerging Placements 1.1. Aims of Report This report documents an occupation-focused strategy for the CCG to reduce health inequalities for the community, created by two OT students during a REP in a GP setting. An innovative occupational approach to improve health and wellbeing, meeting the occupational needs within this community are critically analysed, whilst exploring the potential role for an OT in primary care. Recommendations are offered to support future developments of this project. 1.2. Role Emerging Placements Non-traditional placements such as REP’s act as catalysts to enable students develop professional skills through creating occupation-focused projects in settings without an OT (Clarke et al., 2015; Edwards & Thew, 2011). These innovative placements empower students develop skills such as building relationships with key stakeholders and embracing transferable skills an OT possesses to work in various contexts (Dancza et al., 2013). Additionally, REP’s enable students meet ever-changing challenges with health-reform with evidence suggesting students are more autonomous with personal and professional growth having a strengthened professional identity (Dancza et al., 2013; Bossers, 1997). 2. Service Overview & Political Context 2.1. Clinical Commissioning Group Following the Health and Social Care Act (2012), CCG’s were established all over the UK to commission services to meet the needs of the community in its catchment area. The
I have always enjoyed supporting and improving the wellbeing of people. The NHS itself works to improve the health and welfare of people whilst being a family unit for staff. The support and remarkable care I witnessed whilst working to meet the needs of patients is what inspired me to pursue a career further in the healthcare profession. I am keen about being a part of the future of the NHS, as I would like to go into a working friendly community. Working alongside medical professionals such as doctors, psychologists and nurses whilst working for the Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust and later as a care worker in the community, I have gained an understanding on what is important when attending work every day - the patient's health.
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1. What does the term health disparities mean? Health disparity is a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantage. "Health disparities affect group of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group." (Kotch, 2013 pg. 233) 2.
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.
The National Health Service (NHS) was planned as a three-tier structure. With the Minister of Health at the top and below were the three tiers designed to interact with each other to suit the needs of the patient. These tiers were voluntary and municipal hospitals supervised by Regional hospital boards, family doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists who were self-employed professionals contracted to the NHS to provide services so that patients did not pay directly and local health authorities like community clinics that provided services such as immunisations, maternity care and school medical services controlled by a local authority Medical Health. The NHS in England is undergoing some big changes, most of which took effect on April 1 2013. This included the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities (SHAs), and the introduction of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and Health watch England.
In the United States we are very fortunate. For the most part we do not live in fear of disease outbreaks from day to day. Our government along with the Centers for Disease Control and Public Health Departments have managed to have adults and children vaccinated and set up recommendations regarding those vaccinations. Despite all that is done our country allows freedoms. One of these freedoms is to not vaccinate your child from communicable diseases due to personal beliefs. With the worlds populations becoming more mobile, that sets your child up for dangerous encounters; because some countries are not as strict on laws regarding vaccinations and some
operate as a service provider. From this I will be able to gain a greater understanding of patient care. This collaboration between disciplines and the resulting improvement for the patient was identified by Hill (2006). Since I have started working within the NHS over the last year, I have had more opportunities to work with members of different professions both in the NHS and voluntary sector. This experience has helped me develop a better understanding of how patient care is made up of a multitude of smaller parts.
In conclusion, the role of OT is to promote personal responsibility for health through the use of purposeful activities that can enhance participation in meaningful occupations. Questionnaires are useful in gathering information to help the OT create a plan for each individual. Health promotion and wellness programs created by OT can help improve overall quality of life.
Ill health provides jobs for doctor’s nurses and specialists (P.Trowler, Investigsting Health welfare and Poverty, 1996 p.27) .
Health and Social Care Act 2008.- This Act established the Care Quality Commission (CQC), whose remit is to protect and promote the right of people using health and social care services in England to quality care and to regulate its provision.
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The Behavioural or Cultural Explanation: places emphasis on the individuals and the consequences of their behaviour, when they choose to eat, drink and live healthily the inequalities will be reduced.
Explore how health inequalities in society can impact upon a person’s health. In this assignment I will look at what health inequalities in society are and how they are affected by a person’s socio-economic status. I will discuss how a person of a lower income may experience inequalities and how prisoners are affected by the inequalities. I will also look into how teenagers are affected.
The delivery of health care through Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) is another strength. CCG’s were created in 2012 following the passing of the Health and Social Care Act, to replace primary care trusts in 2013(NHS England, 2013). Their strength lies in their authority and purpose to provide health care that is responsive to a geographical area and set patient number. They are clinically led, often by local
Frontline employee’s are best placed to understand the needs of patients, and have the skills and knowledge to develop innovative services to meet those needs. We need to devolve power in the NHS so that frontline staff has a greater say in how services are delivered and resources are allocated. Each of the health care professionals holds a level of power according to their profession.