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Health and Social Care - Unit 2
Doctors - GP - correct answer-They are the first (primary) point of contact
when someone is ill. Carry out simple surgical procedures and preventative
care and health education for service users. Based in health centres and work
as part of a multidisciplinary team. Can refer a service user to a specialist at a
hospital or to other care professionals for assessment or treatment etc.

Responsibilities of a doctor (GP) - correct answer-Diagnose illnesses and
ailments
Discuss and agree treatment plans
Prescribe medications and treatments
Monitor the impact of treatments
Deliver vaccination programs, programs on smoking, etc.

Hospital doctors (consultants) - correct answer-Senior, hospital based doctors
who specialise in a certain field of medicine and manage complex cases.
Cardiologists - heart disease
Psychiatrists - mental health
Oncologists - cancer
Pediatricians - children
Geriatricians - older people

Nurses - correct answer-Largest group of NHS workers
Adult nurses, mental health nurses, children nurses, learning disability nurses,
district nurses, neontal nurses, health visitors nurses, practice nurses, school
nurses

Midwives - correct answer-Support women through all stages of pregnancy
Provide antenatal (before) and postnatal (after) care
Help families to prepare / deliver babies

Health care assistants - correct answer-Sometimes known as nursing
assistants or auxiliary nurses. Works with nurses in all types of settings.
Duties include; taking/recording temperatures and pulses, weighing and
recording patients weights, taking patients to the toilet, making beds,
washing/dressing patients, serving meals and helping patients to eat.

, Social workers - correct answer-Provide care for all ages. Aim to safeguard
everyone and help them to live independent lives.Adult services - disabilities,
mental health, learning difficulties. Child services - protect children from abuse
and harm.

Occupational therapists - correct answer-Work with people of all ages who
have difficulty in carrying out the practical routines of daily life. Help people to
live independent lives.

Youth Workers - correct answer-Work with people between the ages of 11-15.
Help people to reach their full potential and become responsible member of
society.
Run health campaigns, organise activities and projects, run sports teams,
manage youth community projects, work with parents to support the
development of children.

Care assistants - correct answer-Provide practical help and support for people
who struggle with everyday activities.
Help with personal daily care, general household tasks, paying bills and
writing letters and liaising with other health care professionals

Care managers - correct answer-They manage the provision of residential
care for; adults/young adults with learning difficulties, older people in
residential/nursing homes, people in supported housing, people receiving
hospice care.
Responsible for a care setting running and functioning.

Support workers - correct answer-Linked closely to a healthcare or nursing
assistant role. Work alongside lots of different professionals.

Examples of policies - correct answer-Health and safety, equality and diversity,
medication, safeguarding, disclosure and barring service (DBS) refferal,
complaints, death of a resident.

Prescribing medication - correct answer-A doctors role (traditionally) however
some nurses can prescribe medication (if they have had extra training). Some
other professionals can prescribe medication, e.g. dentist

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