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The Health and Social Care Act 2012 ( c 7) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date. [1] It removed responsibility for the health of citizens from the Secretary of State for Health, which the post had carried since the ...
Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
Healthwatch England. Healthwatch England is a committee of the Care Quality Commission established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which took effect in April 2013. Its role is to gather and champion the views of users of health and social care services, in order to identify improvements and influence providers' plans. [1]
Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate [1] may be an individual or an organization, concerned with healthcare standards or with one specific group of disorders. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates ...
Health and Social Care Act 2008 [1] Parliament of the United Kingdom. Long title. An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the ...
HealthSense. HealthSense is a UK charity that promotes evidence-based medicine. Its formal aims are: Better understanding by the public and the media that valid clinical trials are the best way of ensuring protection. HealthSense changed its name in 2021 from HealthWatch after the Health and Social Care Act 2012 created the Healthwatch England ...
People engage in public debate and make demands on government for health care, social security and other entitlements. In particular, education empowers women to make choices that improve their children's health, their well-being, and chances of acquiring survival skills. Education informs others of preventing and containing a disease. Such ...
Healthcare reform in the United States has a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March 30, 2010.