BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3 Unit 2 LA B1 part 1: Sectors
The Public Sector - Answer-Organisations that provide health and social care services and are financed and directly managed by the government. E.g. the NHS.
Primary healthcare - Answer-Care provided by GPs, dentists, opticians a...
BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3
Unit 2 LA B1 part 1: Sectors
The Public Sector - Answer-Organisations that provide health and social care services and are
financed and directly managed by the government. E.g. the NHS.
Primary healthcare - Answer-Care provided by GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists.
Accessed directly by the service user.
Secondary healthcare - Answer-Care which includes most hospitals services, mental health
services and many community health services. Normally accessed via referral from the GP.
Tertiary healthcare - Answer-Highly specialist, complex services. E.g. spinal injury units or
hospice support.
NHS Foundation Trusts - Answer-Health services that manage the delivery of hospital services,
mental health services and community health services in England. Largely financed by the
government.
Mental Health Foundation Trusts - Answer-Provide psychological therapies, psychiatric nurses
and specialist support for people with mental health problems. Managed by the community,
including people who use the services.
Community Health Foundation Trusts - Answer-Provide adult and community nursing services,
health visiting and school nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy,
palliative care, walk-in centres, other specialist services e.g. sexual health service.
Palliative care - Answer-Specialist care for people with serious life-limiting illnesses. Aims to
provide relief from symptoms and to reduce stress for patients and their families.
Adult Social Care - Answer-For people over the age of 18 who have disabilities, mental health
problems or who are frail and who are unable to support themselves without specific and
planned assistance.
Adult Social Care examples - Answer-Domiciliary care, day centres, sheltered housing,
residential care, respite care, training centres for people with learning disabilities.
Children's Services - Answer-Local authority. Aim is to support ad protect vulnerable children
and young people, their families and also young carers.
Support for children and their families can include... - Answer-Safeguarding children from
neglect or abuse, day care for under 5s and after-school provision, parenting skills classes,
Surestart children's centres, fostering and adoption.
GP practices - Answer-The first point of access to health and care provision. Funded from
central government according to their workload.
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