Publicly-funded health care

4.2, 4.3 Legislation affecting schools Task 4.1 Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools Children's Act 2004 The Children's Act 2004 came into being alongside Every Child Matters. It impacts the way schools address care, welfare and discipline. There are five basic outcomes that are key to a child's well-being. These are being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making positive contributions and achieving economic well-being. This act increases accountability

more than one-half (54%) of children do not have a primary care doctor. Federal spending on healthcare in 2005 alone totaled $600 billion, a massive one-quarter of the federal budget. Someone files for bankruptcy every 30 seconds in the U.S of health concerns. And every 1.5 million families lose their homes to foreclosure due to unaffordable medical costs. The U.S. spends six times more per capita on the administration of the health insurance system than Western European nations, who insure all

for the third largest share of health dollars (15.5%), behind only pharmaceuticals (15.7%) and hospitals (29.5%) (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2015). These three categories are by far the largest single categories of expenditure and when combined represent 60% of total health spending. Furthermore it is important to note that the growth rate of physician expenditure (2.2%) has outpaced that of hospitals or drugs since 2007 (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2015). Due to the

the prominent contributor’s to the GDP of BCs economy. This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing health care by diagnosis and treatment, providing residential care for medical and social reasons, and providing social assistance, such as counselling, welfare, child protection, community housing and food services, vocational rehabilitation and child care, to those requiring such assistance. (Canadian Industry Statistics (CIS), 2015) SITUATION IN BC: • Canada has one of the

Medicare and Medicaid had a storied history before it crushed the walls that had separated the federal government and the U.S. healthcare system. Historically, the prevailing thought of many Americans up until the 1920’s and 1930’s was that medical care was largely a private transaction between a medical practitioner and a patient. This doctor-patient relationship was sacred and there was no need for the federal government to intervene in this relationship (Berkowitz, E., 2005). The Social Security

physical, mental, social, cognitive and emotional changes occur rapidly. Though the capabilities for learning are ongoing throughout one’s lifespan, the tools necessary for future learning are shaped during the preschool years. Therefore; high quality care and preschool experiences have long term effects on future academic success. Though preschool attendance impacted future academic success, factors such as family SES, parent’s level of education and genetic factors were also important. Children should

pregnancies among teenage girls, there are many underlying causes and facts about the dilemma that must be first exposed. Children from homes run by teenage mothers have to face almost insurmountable obstacles in life. The incidents of depression and mental health problems, the lack of father figures, and the high rate of poverty often connected to children in homes run by teenage mothers put them at serious disadvantages when compared to children raised in nuclear families. Many people believe that the implementation

or other health care workers to encourage patient to consider quitting, ask patient’s reasons for quitting then focus on motivational interventions. There is a need to target young people for smoking cessation interventions. This of course is looking at stopping the progression early. Targeting those at risk for abusing other substances, and address patient’s lifestyle factors (stress and boredom) can probably improve smoking cessation rates and provide a better quality of life. Health care workers

religious or moral beliefs. Society is uneducated on contraceptive options and the lifelong benefits it contains, therefore it is looked upon as an object that only prevents women from getting pregnant. Although contraception is believed to cause health defects and abortions, it has been found to have many more benefits than the medical community has mentioned; considering contraceptive options benefit both women and the government financially, it should always be easily accessible and affordable

While Planned Parenthood offers cancer screening, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted infection testing, contraception, and more, the safe and legal abortion service they provide is typically the highlight of conversation (Sexual Health Topics - Planned Parenthood). It is interesting to compare the Democratic candidates to the Republican candidates on this subject. Mr. Sanders and Mrs. Clinton wish to fight to continue Planned Parenthood’s government funding. In fact, Mr. Sanders