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HSC NCFE
Content Area 1 Services and Provisions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Regulation | An official rule, principle or condition that controls procedures or behaviours |
| Intervention | Involvement in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse |
| Individualised Care / Person Centred Care | Care that is tailored to the specific needs, abilities, and preferences of the particular individual |
| Statuary Care | Provisions funded by the Government through tax and national insurance e.g. NHS, 999 and schools |
| Voluntary Care | Charities and non-for-profit organisations which put their donations back into research e.g. MIND, NSPCC and Age UK |
| Informal Care | Unpaid care by family or friends e.g. transport, cooking or washing |
| Health care means | Medical needs and physical health care often in clinics and hospitals |
| Social care means | Emotional and social support involving social workers or occupational therapists |
| Provision is | Supplying or providing a service |
| Private care | Is a profit making business where people pay for care e.g. private hospitals or schools |
| Empowerment | Allowing people to be independent, make decision/choices for themself and keep their skills. |
| Long-term needs | Chronic or progressive conditions that will not get better or which will take a long recovery time |
| Short-term needs | Often goal-orientated where there is an expectation of getting better |
| GP means | General practitioner |
| Provisions that a hospital offers | Health /wellbeing centres, A&E, Treatment of infection/diseases, Operations and outpatient support. |
| Provisions that a GP surgery offers | Advice & guidance, consultations, minor surgery, practice nurse, clinical advice and diagnostics and referrals |
| Triage | an assessment of somebody' that checks the severity of their needs |
| Consultation | an interaction where the patient has an opportunity to discuss and express their need/condition or issue. |
| A referral is | accessing a service e.g. booking an appointment or being sent to a specialist. |
| An outpatient | somebody that does not need to be admitted to hospital and stay over night for treatment. |
| Tonsillectomy | surgical procedure to remove the tonsils. |
| Provisions a dentist offers | Advice and guidance or oral hygiene, minor treatments and surgery or a referral to hospital or orthodontist. |
| Pharmacies provisions | Non- emergency medical advice, dispensing and non-prescriptive medication |
| Clinic provisions | Mobile screening, family planning services, addiction services and sexual health services |
| Rehabilitation | support for the individual to develop and regain the abilities needed for daily life. e.g. detoxification services, counselling and therapy. |
| Ambulance services | Emergency assessment and transfer to hospital, Initial treatment to stabilise a condition and the Patient Transport service. |
| I provide long term, 24 hour care for adults, children and young people who have specific needs | Residential care |
| I provide daily care for children and young people from birth to 18 years old. | Foster care |
| Types of foster care include | long term, short term, kinship, emergency, respite and therapeutic specialist care |
| Respite | This is when the carer gets a break and rest from their role. |
| Kinship | care or fostering from a family relative or close family friend |
| Hospice, sitting service, day centers and respite holidays are all types of what? | Respite care |
| Community services | Community centres, family centres and home care services |
| Domiciliary care is | when someone supports the service user in their own home. |