‘Wellbeing’ is a broad concept. It is described as relating to the following areas in particular: physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing. protection from abuse and neglect. control by the individual over their day-to-day life (including over care and support provided and the way they are provided)

At its simplest, civil liability means being responsible for actions and practices that could damage others, but which aren’t criminal. So they’re not pre-meditated or against the law. If you’re found guilty, the person who’s suffered the damage can make a second, civil claim against you for compensation.

It outlines the behaviours and attitudes that people who need care and support should rightly expect. It’s commonly used alongside the Care Certificate. The Code of Conduct describes how a support worker should behave and the Care Certificate describes the minimum things they must know and be able to do.

Every care plan should include:

1. Personal details.
2. A discussion around health and well being goals and aspirations.
3. A discussion about information needs.
4. A discussion about self care and support for self care.
5. Any relevant medical information such as test results, summary of diagnosis, medication details and clinical notes.

The model care planning process has four main phases, summarized below. Care planning – “The process by which healthcare professionals and patients discuss, agree, and review an action plan to achieve the goals or behaviour change of most relevance to the patient.”

The care management process (Care Planning Cycle) is a system for assessing and organising the provision of care for an individual. This should be needs led and should benefit the service user’s health and well-being. Care plans are used in health and social care settings.

These are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• Assessment. Assessment is the first step and involves critical thinking skills and data collection; subjective and objective.
• Diagnosis.
• Planning.
• Implementation.
• Evaluation.

[1] defined the term ‘care pathway’ or ‘pathway’ as follows: “A care pathway is a complex intervention for the mutual decision-making and organisation of care processes for a well-defined group of patients during a well-defined period.

The care pathway concept appeared for the first time in 1985 inspired by Karen Zander and Kathleen Bower at the New England Medical Center in Boston (Massachusetts, USA). Care pathways are usually represented as a Gantt chart (Figure 1).

A dementia care pathway describes the care a person receives from the moment they consult their GP about short-term memory loss and then receive a dementia diagnosis, right up until the very end-of-life.

A care pathway is different from a patient’s care plan A care pathway represents the ideal way to manage a patient population with a specific problem or long-term condition. A care plan is for an individual. The care pathway provides recommendations which should be included and enacted within a care plan.

Health Care Careers are divided into five pathways – Therapeutic Services, Diagnostic Services, Support Services, Health Informatics, and Biotechnology Research and Development.

Secondary care refers to services provided by health professionals who generally do not have the first contact with a patient. So for MS, you may be referred to a neurologist or MS team at your local hospital.

NICE Pathways brings together – for the first time – all related NICE guidance and associated products in a set of interactive topic-based flowcharts. It is a visual and interactive format that provides a way to quickly view and navigate guidance, including quality standards, and other tools from NICE on a given topic.