Discuss COVID-19 pandemic and the implication of ethics when providing quality care by mentioning Coronavirus Act 2020.

Unit 3: Social and Community Welfare Provision

Part 2 –
Discuss the core values that underpin social and health service delivery and compare the current health service provision with health care services when the NHS first started (LO 2, LO 3)

PART 2: For this part of the assignment, you need to write an essay of 2500-3000 words. The structure for the essay is given below.

Title: Social and community welfare society
Add your name, surname
Add wordcount for the essay

Introduction 50-100 words
Start the introduction with the importance of providing quality care for all in the UK based on NHS creation and principles of welfare society.

Then highlight the main points of topics that would be explored within the essay.

Paragraph 1: 550 words
Define a Welfare society or Welfare State (in text citation)
Cover the origin of welfare society and refer to the Poor Law (1601 & 1834), Alms-houses and the Beveridge report (1946).

Next link the Beveridge report to the creation of the NHS with the aim of providing care for all – mention the 3 founding NHS principles in 1948.
Don’t forget to add in text citations

Paragraph 2: 550 words
Write a brief description of the NHS Constitution. Then compare NHS principles (1948) with NHS Constitution principles (2009).

Next in this paragraph focus on discussing the 5th Principle of the NHS Constitution – NHS working in partnership with other organisations. In your discussion, you need to include the following:

Definition of Partnership.
An example of working in partnership within health care sector.
Benefits and Barriers of working in partnership.

Paragraph 3: 550 words

The NHS Constitution also emphasizes on providing quality care (3rd principle) which is another example of current practice known as Evidence Based Practice. This paragraph should include

A Definition of Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
History of EBP

One example of application in either Midwifery, Nursing or Mental Health Nursing
Advantages and Disadvantages of using EBP. Also mention briefly EBP and its use in the NICE guidelines.

Don’t forget to add in text citations, to cover the concept of EBP you need to look at more than 2 sources.

Paragraph 4: 550 words
In this paragraph, you need to cover the following topics:
Describe the NHS core values and also refer to 6Cs. Explain one or two- mention all.
Define Accountability as an important Core Value
Define Confidentiality as another important Core Value. Also refer to one act of legislation related to confidentiality as well as the NMC code of conduct.
Don’t forget to add in text citations

Paragraph 5: 550 words
Define Ethics and provide information on the 4 principles of biomedical ethics.
Discuss COVID-19 pandemic and the implication of ethics when providing quality care by mentioning Coronavirus Act 2020, and what challenges health care sector is facing with Covid 19 in relation to ethical principles and rules.
Don’t forget to add in text citations

Conclusion 50-150
Sources you could use for the essay
Acts/ legislation

“Beveridge in the Longue Durée”, in John Hills, John Ditch and Howard Glennerster (eds.) (1994), Beveridge and Social Security: an International Retrospective, Oxford, Clarendon Press: p. 39-40.

1942 Beveridge Report. [online] Available at: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/livinglearning/coll-9-health1/coll-9-health

1946 National Health Service Act. [online] Available at: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/livinglearning/coll-9-health1/health-0

Beveridge, W., 2000. Social Insurance And Allied Services. 1942. [online] PubMed Central (PMC). Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2560775

Beveridge Report. Available: https://britishhistorytd.blogspot.com/2011/09/beveridge-report-5-giants.html

Discuss COVID-19 pandemic and the implication of ethics when providing quality care by mentioning Coronavirus Act 2020.
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