Essence of Care

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Quality Practice: Essence of Care |

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A report providing evidence based analysis of practice in the workplace relating to Essence of Care (EOC) 2010, Benchmark for Respect and Dignity, specifically Factor 5 which supports and justifies best practice in providing patients with Privacy – confidentiality.
Word count 3,300
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  * Acknowledgement
I would like to thank the staff with whom I work for all their support whilst writing this report. I would like to thank the general public for their participation in the studies that have been used to compile this report.

Confidentiality
This report has been written in a manner that adheres to confidentiality guidelines as recommended in the Caldicott Guardian Guidelines (2010). The areas of practice discussed will not be identified and any healthcare professionals, patients and others mentioned will be given pseudonyms to protect anonymity.
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Contents

1 Introduction 3
2 Policy Context 4
3 Main Body 6
3.1 Published evidence supporting Respect and Dignity and how it contributes to best practice. 6
3.2 Workplace examples of practice associated with factor 5, Privacy – confidentiality. 9
3.3 Ethical issues pertaining to the benchmark - Respect and Dignity 12
3.4 Interprofessional working 15
4 Reflective Paragraph 16
5 Conclusion 18
Reference List……………………………………………………………………………..19
Appendices………………………………………………………………………………22


Introduction
The workplace this report with be focusing on is a busy unit that provides tests to examine the stomach, colon, gall bladder, bladder and lungs. The unit team ‘endeavours to provide a high quality service that respects people’s dignity and privacy’ (appendix 1).
The aim of this report is to provide evidence based analysis of practice in the workplace relating to the best practice statement Factor 5; Privacy – confidentiality, from Essence of Care (EOC) 2010 Benchmark for Respect and Dignity.
The EOC benchmark Respect and...