• Social care in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, so England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each have their own separate systems of private...
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    United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The position...
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    The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for government...
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  • and Social Care (often abbreviated to HSC or H&SC) is a term that relates to services that are available from health and social care providers in the UK...
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  • Home care in the United Kingdom (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home. Care may...
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  • The social structure of the United Kingdom has historically been highly influenced by the concept of social class, which continues to affect British society...
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    Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded...
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  • Care in the Community (also called "Community Care" or "Domiciliary Care") is a British policy of deinstitutionalisation, treating and caring for physically...
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  • opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home. Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care. It comprises...
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    Home care (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home. Care may be provided by licensed...
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  • Social care in Wales encompasses social work; care home services in the community for adults, children and young people; and services for young children...
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  • Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. There...
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  • professionals from 15 health and care professions in the United Kingdom. The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public. It does this by setting...
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    Caregiver (redirect from Care for others)
    access and use. The term "caregiver" is used more in the United States, and Canada, while "carer" is more commonly used in the United Kingdom,[citation needed]...
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    Child care in the United Kingdom is supported by a combination of rights at work, public sector provision and private companies. Child care is usually...
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  • Black Report (category Public health in the United Kingdom)
    The Black Report was a 1980 document published by the Department of Health and Social Security (now the Department of Health and Social Care) in the United...
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    daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal requirements...
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    Foster care in the modern sense was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1853 when Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire...
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  • In 2002, nursing homes in the United Kingdom were officially designated as care homes with nursing, and residential homes became known as care homes. In...
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  • Health and Social Care (HSC) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland. Although having been created separately to the National Health...
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    The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at almost 67.6 million people in 2022. It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a...
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  • The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was...
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    "board and care" or "personal care" homes and offers a "social model" of care (compared to the medical model of a skilled nursing facility). The assisted...
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    Hospice (redirect from Hospice care)
    accessed in the home, long-term care facility or the hospital. Outside the United States, the term tends to be primarily associated with the particular...
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    The welfare state of the United Kingdom began to evolve in the 1900s and early 1910s, and comprises expenditures by the government of the United Kingdom...
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  • usually work in hospitals or community settings under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional. In the United Kingdom, the Care Certificate...
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  • In England, social care is defined as the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need...
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    and disseminating the knowledge base for good practice in all aspects of social care in the United Kingdom. It produces guides in different formats,...
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    UK Global Health Insurance Card (category Universal health care)
    and Social Care in the United Kingdom. It is issued free of charge to anyone covered by the social security system of the United Kingdom and provides...
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    care home". "Results | Care Home Awards". "Sunrise to Exit Management Business in the United Kingdom". Business Wire. 20 July 2021. Archived from the...
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