Unit 1 - Government, Policies and the Public Services
Institution
PEARSON (PEARSON)
Select 2 different policy areas and produce a written document which:
• Explains with examples how each of these policies has impacted on 3 Public Services.
• Identifies how society has been affected by these 2 policies.
• Evaluates the impact of these 2 government policies on the 3 Public Se...
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Unit 1.3 Government policies
How Government Policies Impact Pubic Services
Use of Technology:
For the army in particular, technology is a key factor for efficiency and ability. The army require the
best technology available as it is required to have the upper hand on the battlefield and also to save
the lives of the members of our armed forces. They have been used in different areas of the military,
from the RAF to the Navy also. One key piece of equipment used by the army and RAF could be the
surveillance drones and equipment used to seek mines, traps and bombs as well as scout an area
they may plan to infiltrate. On the other hand, as technology globally has and is constantly evolving
and improving the enemy is also a threat due to the use of technology. This means the armed forces
especially are also prone to both aerial attacks and ground attacks due to mortar strikes, IED’s and
other technology used by terrorist organisations in order to kill soldiers. The use of technology has
also put great pressure on the armed forces as the misuse of technology such as missiles and nuclear
warheads can also place civilians and their own fellow soldiers at risk when in use. The use of
technology within the public services also carries another significantly large negative effect, and that
is it is simply relied upon too much. Say for example if a computer system containing top secret
information were to be breached by enemy hackers it could be catastrophic, or if a surveillance
drone was to malfunction and give away your position, both could be disastrous for the armed
forces.
The use of technology within the public services has also had an impact on the government as that
means a large majority of funds is pumped into the armed forces and all public services to be able to
provide them with the latest hi-tech equipment money can be to improve the efficiency and ability
of the public services as a whole.
Finances:
Another massive policy that can affect the public services is the financial policies. The UK
government in recent years has had to resort to financial cutbacks due to the recession, especially
funds for the public services. This had has a large impact on the public services, majority of them
being negative. An example could be there have been many Fire station closures within the UK. The
fire service in recent years has vastly improved, this can be show by the number of fires is annually
decreasing. This means the government does not see the need to have as many fire men/women
and therefore made many redundant and closed down fire stations in order to save money. This has
caused an upset, both with fire men and women local residents as they believe the service times
may increase as there is not as many available in comparison to before the redundancies. The same
can be said about the police force, there has been a vast decrease between the amount of people
the police force take on and train and allow to become a member of the police force as they simply
cannot take on the amount that may be needed due to government cutbacks and financial policies.
However, a positive affect that can be said about financial policies that result on cutbacks for public
services could be that as money is saved for example in reducing the amount of fire stations and fire
men/women, the money could be invested in an alternative public service such as the paramedic
service or the NHS in order to improve the performance in that sector.
At the heart of all of the work that the public services do is based around finance. The public services
could not operate if they did not have the resources to pay their personnel, buy and maintain
equipment and everything else required for it to functions. Therefore, the financial policies of the
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