Healthcare Policy and Practice: Logbook and Observations

Learning Outcomes and Logbook Requirements

The purpose of the logbook is to meet your Learning Outcomes. You are required to complete this logbook based on observations you have made from your healthcare work placement. You need to complete the logbook with notes/journal from work experience, detailing skills acquired for employability. As part of Unit 1, it will refer to the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern practice in health and social care. You are expected to consider and apply relevant law and regulation and demonstrate an understanding of how these relate to ethical practice in health and social care setting. You need to submit the logbook along with your Turnitin Assignment to be marked and graded.

Your tutor will go through the requirements of the log book you are asked to complete. Please make sure you understand what is required of you in advance of commencing to complete your log book.

Q-1 Describe how legislation, policy (national and organisational) and standards are of  direct relevance to the health, care or support service practitioner.

Q-2 Compare national and organisational policy against national professional standards in terms of their professional standards in terms of their impact on health and social care practice.

Q-3 What changes or improvements do you think could be implemented into practice as a result of completing this element of the unit?

Q-4 How can you action plan to develop these skills and/or qualities further/ help to improve provision in the healthcare sector?

Q-5 Explain how specific national and international human rights law influence and inform the equal and fair treatment of others in health, care and support services. (Write down your observation based on P5, what you observed the practitioners do in light of P5.

Q-6 What challenges did the person you observed face in ensuring that legislation, policy and professional standards are adhered to when ensuring the fair treatment and safeguarding of service users in their day-to- day tasks? (Remember, the informal discussion with the practitioner focusing on the challenges they face in ensuring that legislation, policy and professional standards are adhered to when ensuring the fair treatment and safeguarding of service users in their day-to-day tasks).

Q-7 P6 Implement different and relevant legislation and policy in regard to safe and healthy conduct in own practice (What did you observe with regards to P6).

What challenges did the person you observed face in ensuring that legislation, policy and professional standards are adhered to when ensuring the fair treatment and safeguarding of service users in their day-to-day tasks? (Remember, the informal discussion with the practitioner focusing on the challenges they face in ensuring that legislation, policy and professional standards are adhered to when ensuring the fair treatment and safeguarding of service users in their day-to-day tasks).