SOCIAL ISSUES

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Created by: jakewhite
Created on: 25-03-18 16:19

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SOCIAL ISSUES
- WELFARE STATE
  - "Cradle to Grave"
  - Post War Britain = 5 Evil Giants
    - WANT
      - DISEASE
        IGNORANCE
        SQUALOR
        IDLENESS
- NHS
  - Introduced in 1948
  - Predicted to cost £400 million to run in the first year, actually cost £700 million and is rapidly increasing every year
- Private Health and Social Care
  - cosmetic surgery
  - Optical services
  - Dental services
  - Chirpoodists
  - Medical Insurance
  - Fertility Treatment
  - Health Screening
  - Care homes (residential and nursing)
  - Social Care: = care home services = Home helps = adaptations to the home = meals =recreational occupational activities
- Voluntary Health and Social Care
  - Help the Aged / Age concern
  - The Women's Royal voluntary service
  - The Salvation Army
  - Drug Dependency Groups
  - Shelter
  - The Citizens Advice Bureau
- Statutory Social Services
  - Personal Care
  - Domestic Care
  - Auxiliary Care
  - Community Nursing
  - Social support and surveillance
  - Day Services
  - Residential care
  - Palliative and Support care
  - Most likely for:
    - Children or families under stress
    - people with disabilities
    - people with emotional and psychological needs
    - people with financial or housing problems
    - The elderly who need help with daily living activities
- Statutory Provision
  - Meets the needs of everyone
  - Free at the point of need
  - Based on the clinical needs of the patients
- Primary care
  - GPs - advice on health problems, vaccinations, examinations and treatment, prescriptions and medicines, referrals, medical tests
  - Opticians
  - NHS Direct
  - NHS walk in centres
  - Pharmacists
  - Dentists
- Secondary care
  - Ambulance Tusts
  - Emergency and urgent care
  - Acute trusts
  - NHS and Foundation trusts
  - Mental health trusts