Modern Day issues in Health and Social Care Sector

When it comes to Health and Social Care, Media plays an important role in communicating important information in urgent times of emergency like a disease outbreak or a natural calamity like floods. Chances are very likely of a disease outbreak after floods. Media has proved itself in these urgent times.

Government introduces new  health and safety legislation and social care policies every now and then. It is important for the people to be aware of the latest changes in the policies, procedures or legislations. Here comes the role of the Media. Media ensures the information reaches to the last person in the line. By means of Television, Radio and internet, spreading information has become so easy.

But it's important that every person should get the correct information about the health and social care changes. There should be a systematic procedure  for the flow of information between the govt. and the people. The information which is to be broadcasted must be authentic, easy to understand and relevant.

There needs to be a regulatory body that controls all the procedure regarding the health and social care information broadcast.  The regulatory body should issue guidelines to monitor the flow of information and also, to ensure that the information broadcasted is authentic, true, is of good quality and non-editable. The information must reflect the views of the majority of doctors as well as it should be based on the latest research developments in the lab. The exercises suggested also needs to be verified by a registered professional. The regulatory body should work on the principles of ethical decision making, keeping in mind welfare of the people. Also, there should not be unnecessary advertisements of  medicine producing giants.

While broadcasting government schemes, media outlets should ensure that all the data is accurate i.e. the interest rates, age restrictions, validity of scheme and the complete procedure to avail the respective scheme. NGOs and other bodies, which are running health and social care movements should be trained according to the guidelines issued by the regulatory body so that their broadcasted information should not differ with that of the media outlets.