This module meets the Care Certificate Standards: 3. Duty of Care; 4. Equality and Diversity; 5. Working in a person-centred way; 10. Safeguarding Adults; 11. Safeguarding Children



This 20-credit module aims to address the current challenges for UK health and social care including personalisation, integrated care, duty of care, working across boundaries, public engagement, patient self-management, definitions of wellbeing, and the new commissioning landscape. It will enable learners to gain basic knowledge and understanding of: Health and Social Care related legislation such as the Health and Social Care Act 2012, The Care Act 2014, The HRA 1998, Equality Act 2010 and the UN Convention of the Rights of a Child. It will also allow students to gain a limited understanding of the parliamentary law-making process.



Students will learn about the structure of Health and Social Care sector in the UK today including: Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Trusts and Local Authorities. They’ll discover how services are ‘commissioned’, how the private sector is utilised and the ethical issues that are linked to these decision-making bodies.



Students will gain an understanding of the term ‘personalisation’ and what it means in practice. Students will also have knowledge of multi-disciplinary working and the meaning of integrated care. This will incorporate the NHS Values of Care and the 6 Cs as well as the People and Community Board’s 6 principles of personalisation. They will also learn the importance of valuing diversity – personal, gender issues, cultural, religious and spiritual aspects in the context of personalisation and integrated care.

Finally, students will come to understand the work of NICE and other regulatory bodies such as the CQC.

The case study assesses all the learning outcomes and will focus on a service user with complex care needs. It will ask students to apply their knowledge and address issues such as:

How can legislation empower the service user, practitioner and foster excellent, high quality, compassionate care?

How the structure and integration of the health and care sector will promote integrated care but also acknowledge potential challenges.

Finally, discuss at least one ethical issue practitioners will face when providing care.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (30¿hours)¿¿

20 hours Lectures

6 hours Seminars and workshops

4 hours Individual and group support tutorials

Guided Independent Study: (170¿hours)¿¿

110 hours independent study

60 hours Assignment Preparation

1. To be able to discuss the role legislation plays in the personalisation of care.

Knowledge and Understanding, Application

2. To describe the challenges faced and solutions provided by the integration and structure of the health and care sector today.

Learning, Analysis, Problem Solving

3. To discuss and reflect on the ethical questions faced by organisations such as NICE and legislation such as HRA.

Enquiry, Analysis, Reflection

IT equipment

Access to Internet

Library

Edward, D. and Best, S. (2020). The Textbook of Health and Social Care. SAGE.



Glasby, J. (2012) Understanding Health and Social Care, (2nd Ed). The Policy Press

Goodwin, N., Stein, V. and Amelung, V. (2021) What is integrated care?. In¿Handbook integrated care¿(pp. 3-25). Springer, Cham.

Jana, T. and Mejias, A.D. (2018) Erasing institutional bias: how to create systemic change for organizational inclusion. Berrett-Koehler.

Nash, J. (2019) ‘I will not be erased’: our stories about growing up as people of colour. London: Walker Books.

Magid, M. (2013) The art of disruption a manifesto for real change. London: Blink Publishing.

Miller, R., Brown, H. and Mangan, C. (2016) Integrated care in action: A practical guide for health, social care and housing support. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Clements, L (2019) Community Care and the Law. Legal Action Group.

O’Neil, D. (2021) The Lack of Care Act 2014: Service users’ perspectives of a failing adult social care system. Independently Published.

Fox, A. (2018) A new health and care system: Escaping the invisible asylum. Policy Press

Crib, A. (2017) Healthcare in transition: Understanding Key Ideas and Tensions in Contemporary Health Policy. Policy Press

Human rights - why they're important | Age UK

What is personalisation - SCIE

https://www.nice.org.uk/

How is the NHS structured? | The King's Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

This module aims to equip learners with theoretical knowledge and understanding of the key principles and concepts that underpin health and social policy and practice. It addresses the current challenges for UK health and social care including personalisation, integrated care, working across boundaries, public engagement, patient self-management, definitions of wellbeing, and the new commissioning landscape, including key policy, legislation and working practices.