Introduction
The health and safety principles regarding safeguard service users are necessary to implement. The service user must know their rights. The case is all about the health and safety legislation in the social care setting (Johnson &Boland, 2019). In the desired work setting, few residents have dementia, hearing impairment, and reduced mobility. The National Health Services (NHS) act 2006 highlights the significant health and safety legislation regarding the specific social care settings. People who have dementia and reduced mobility need additional staff, and NHS Act 2006 provides legislative guidelines for it. But, in Merryvale residence, this act seems to be violated as the residents did not have the fundamental rights (Howes, 2009). The laws and policies about safeguarding people with special needs like dementia patients are available in Health Act 2006 (Health Act, 2006). The study is based on the flaws in the social unit such as lack of staffing and unhealthy and clean environment in the Centre, thus depicting the failure of the act to function. The Care act 2014 and Health and safety act 1974 also provide a designed legislations and policies for people with specific needs in healthcare settings (Penhale & Brammer, 2017). According to these acts, residence in health and social care settings should enjoy fundamental rights like proper bathing, cleaning, and sexual rights that the residence in this case, was unable to deliver (Care Act, 2014).
This paper will discuss a case study highlighting the importance of health and safety legislation in social settings. Furthermore, the study highlights the significant negligence in the health and social care system (Clements, 2014). This study provides the roadmap to avoid service flaws in social settings. Moreover, the rights and responsibilities of staff are also discussed in the study under the legislation of health and safety.
Effectiveness of health and safety legislation:
Safety policies and health legislation are vital to implementing in a social unit to avoid any negligence, such as the inadequate social facility and lack of staff to take care of old age people (Johnson & Boland, 2019). Moreover, the negligence from staff creates an adverse effect on the mental and physical health of a person (Mandelstam, 2013). According to NHS Act (2006), it is the responsibility of every social center to provide appropriate social facilities, nursing staff, and ambulance service to patients. However, the failure in the effectiveness results in poor service in the social care system, and it cannot be denied. In the present case study, the staff was not enough to take care of all patients, which is a sign of disastrous management (Howes, 2009). The effectiveness of law can only be possible if the social service works jointly with the legislative parties (Penhale & Brammer, 2017). In 2010, the Department of health generated guidelines about health governance and highlighted a couple of points regarding the effectiveness of health legislation (Bentley, 1991). Firstly, the effectiveness of policies is vital because negligence from staff towards the residents is damaging for the unit. In addition, the negligence in the selected social unit includes the shortage of staff and resources such as beds and cleaning facilities. Secondly, the effectiveness of legislation is crucial because it allows the people to know their rights (Clements, 2014). In the current case study where people all over the age of 75 and have numerous health issues, including dementia and hearing impairment etc. the implementation of social policies were effective because they define the roles and responsibilities of the social system, staff, and all parties link with the social unit…
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