For this assignment you must effectively demonstrate your understanding and skills in facilitating change in Health and Social Care Organisations.  To do so you must carry out the tasks below in relation to the CQC report for Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) and Whistable Nursing Home (WNH).  By carefully and systematically researching and reading about your chosen context and relevant online literature, you should be much better equipped to answer the task instructions below.

Format: Written REPORT which will be in three sections A, B and C with each Assessment Criteria as a subheading.

Preliminary Task:

Carefully read the CQC report for Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) and Whistable Nursing Home (WNH).  The CQC reports showed a need for urgent changes in the Hospital and Nursing Home. After reading the reports, select one that really interests you.  Then, imagine that you are a Team Leader or Manager and you are responsible for facilitating change. You are required to identify and make required changes before the next CQC inspection. To carry out this task, you must carry out research on relevant available literature / data sources to answer the tasks below.  Please note that you can, and are encouraged to, relate this to your own work experiences in health and social care where applicable, although this is not compulsory.  It is advisable that you consult relevant sources of literature and data (e.g. free NHS or CQC online reports and texts) on your chosen type of organisation to fully understand the context of change.

Note: CQC report for Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) and Whistable Nursing Home (WNH) is uploaded on stponline and can be found in the folder titled ‘Royal United Hospital Bath and Whistable Nursing Home case study for FC assignment’

Section A (1000 words +- 10% )

In relation to your chosen CQC report

·         Explain the key factors that drive change in health and social care ( AC 1.1, M2, M3)

·         Assess the challenges that key factors of change brings to health and social care services (AC1.2, M3, D3)

[To answer the above assignment criteria use any or all these: PEST Analysis, SWOT Analysis or Force Field Analysis, to depict the factors driving change in your chosen organisation. You should be able to show the potential Challenges of these factors for service users, staff and the organisation, why you identified these factors and some potential priorities for change. The PEST Analysis sample table, the SWOT Analysis and Forces Filed Analysis sample is found on stponline week 2]

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