Health and Social Care - Unit 2 Fall 2023 with complete
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Doctors - GP
They are the first (primary) point of contact when someone is ill. Carry out simple
surgical procedures and preventative care and health education for service users.
Based in health centres and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Can refer a service
user to a specialist at a hospital or to other care professionals for assessment or
treatment etc.
Responsibilities of a doctor (GP)
Diagnose illnesses and ailments
Discuss and agree treatment plans
Prescribe medications and treatments
Monitor the impact of treatments
Deliver vaccination programs, programs on smoking, etc.
Hospital doctors (consultants)
Senior, hospital based doctors who specialise in a certain field of medicine and manage
complex cases.
Cardiologists - heart disease
Psychiatrists - mental health
Oncologists - cancer
Pediatricians - children
Geriatricians - older people
Nurses
Largest group of NHS workers
Adult nurses, mental health nurses, children nurses, learning disability nurses, district
nurses, neontal nurses, health visitors nurses, practice nurses, school nurses
Midwives
Support women through all stages of pregnancy
Provide antenatal (before) and postnatal (after) care
Help families to prepare / deliver babies
Health care assistants
Sometimes known as nursing assistants or auxiliary nurses. Works with nurses in all
types of settings.
Duties include; taking/recording temperatures and pulses, weighing and recording
patients weights, taking patients to the toilet, making beds, washing/dressing patients,
serving meals and helping patients to eat.
Social workers
Provide care for all ages. Aim to safeguard everyone and help them to live independent
lives.Adult services - disabilities, mental health, learning difficulties. Child services -
protect children from abuse and harm.
Occupational therapists
Work with people of all ages who have difficulty in carrying out the practical routines of
daily life. Help people to live independent lives.
Youth Workers
, Work with people between the ages of 11-15. Help people to reach their full potential
and become responsible member of society.
Run health campaigns, organise activities and projects, run sports teams, manage
youth community projects, work with parents to support the development of children.
Care assistants
Provide practical help and support for people who struggle with everyday activities.
Help with personal daily care, general household tasks, paying bills and writing letters
and liaising with other health care professionals
Care managers
They manage the provision of residential care for; adults/young adults with learning
difficulties, older people in residential/nursing homes, people in supported housing,
people receiving hospice care.
Responsible for a care setting running and functioning.
Support workers
Linked closely to a healthcare or nursing assistant role. Work alongside lots of different
professionals.
Examples of policies
Health and safety, equality and diversity, medication, safeguarding, disclosure and
barring service (DBS) refferal, complaints, death of a resident.
Prescribing medication
A doctors role (traditionally) however some nurses can prescribe medication (if they
have had extra training). Some other professionals can prescribe medication, e.g.
dentist
Surgery
Health care workers in the community play a major role in helping patients to recover,
e.g. visits, assessments, changing dressings.
Radiotherapy
High-energy radiation (radiotherapists). Patients may need follow up support from a GP
to promote healing.
Organ transplant
Patients may need support from a counsellor. Patients need to be prepared mentally
and physically
Support for lifestyle changes
Counselling
Self-help groups
GP's
Local nurses
Specialist agencies
Age UK
Mind
Youngmind
The royal national institute of blind people (RMB)
Alzheimer's society
Equipment to increase mobility
Walking sticks
Walking frames - tripods, tetrapods
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Doctors - GP
They are the first (primary) point of contact when someone is ill. Carry out simple
surgical procedures and preventative care and health education for service users.
Based in health centres and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Can refer a service
user to a specialist at a hospital or to other care professionals for assessment or
treatment etc.
Responsibilities of a doctor (GP)
Diagnose illnesses and ailments
Discuss and agree treatment plans
Prescribe medications and treatments
Monitor the impact of treatments
Deliver vaccination programs, programs on smoking, etc.
Hospital doctors (consultants)
Senior, hospital based doctors who specialise in a certain field of medicine and manage
complex cases.
Cardiologists - heart disease
Psychiatrists - mental health
Oncologists - cancer
Pediatricians - children
Geriatricians - older people
Nurses
Largest group of NHS workers
Adult nurses, mental health nurses, children nurses, learning disability nurses, district
nurses, neontal nurses, health visitors nurses, practice nurses, school nurses
Midwives
Support women through all stages of pregnancy
Provide antenatal (before) and postnatal (after) care
Help families to prepare / deliver babies
Health care assistants
Sometimes known as nursing assistants or auxiliary nurses. Works with nurses in all
types of settings.
Duties include; taking/recording temperatures and pulses, weighing and recording
patients weights, taking patients to the toilet, making beds, washing/dressing patients,
serving meals and helping patients to eat.
Social workers
Provide care for all ages. Aim to safeguard everyone and help them to live independent
lives.Adult services - disabilities, mental health, learning difficulties. Child services -
protect children from abuse and harm.
Occupational therapists
Work with people of all ages who have difficulty in carrying out the practical routines of
daily life. Help people to live independent lives.
Youth Workers
, Work with people between the ages of 11-15. Help people to reach their full potential
and become responsible member of society.
Run health campaigns, organise activities and projects, run sports teams, manage
youth community projects, work with parents to support the development of children.
Care assistants
Provide practical help and support for people who struggle with everyday activities.
Help with personal daily care, general household tasks, paying bills and writing letters
and liaising with other health care professionals
Care managers
They manage the provision of residential care for; adults/young adults with learning
difficulties, older people in residential/nursing homes, people in supported housing,
people receiving hospice care.
Responsible for a care setting running and functioning.
Support workers
Linked closely to a healthcare or nursing assistant role. Work alongside lots of different
professionals.
Examples of policies
Health and safety, equality and diversity, medication, safeguarding, disclosure and
barring service (DBS) refferal, complaints, death of a resident.
Prescribing medication
A doctors role (traditionally) however some nurses can prescribe medication (if they
have had extra training). Some other professionals can prescribe medication, e.g.
dentist
Surgery
Health care workers in the community play a major role in helping patients to recover,
e.g. visits, assessments, changing dressings.
Radiotherapy
High-energy radiation (radiotherapists). Patients may need follow up support from a GP
to promote healing.
Organ transplant
Patients may need support from a counsellor. Patients need to be prepared mentally
and physically
Support for lifestyle changes
Counselling
Self-help groups
GP's
Local nurses
Specialist agencies
Age UK
Mind
Youngmind
The royal national institute of blind people (RMB)
Alzheimer's society
Equipment to increase mobility
Walking sticks
Walking frames - tripods, tetrapods
