HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE (DUMF2065) COURSE HANDBOOK (A Core 20 credit level 2 course in the MA Health & Social Policy programme)

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1 HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE (DUMF065) COURSE HANDBOOK (A Core 0 credit level course in the MA Health & Social Policy programme) 1

2 Course convenor Dr. Sandy Whitelaw Room 06, Rutherford-McCowan Tel Short course description This course examines contemporary health and social policy in relation to historical precedents and political and theoretical influences. It explores the policies that shape substantive domains such as public health, housing and welfare benefits, as well as emergent integrated ground. Course position Health and Social Policy & Practice is a core Level course in the degree, MA Health & Social Policy. The course may be studied as a freestanding course on a nongraduating basis for part-time occasional students or as a 0 credit Level course for those matriculated as undergraduate students, either full or part-time. For undergraduates, a pass at D or above in the Level 1 courses Contemporary Health Issues and Society and Social Policy courses is a necessary pre-requisite. Timetable The course is delivered in a 1 x hour session across semesters 1 &. Format and delivery The course will be delivered in a combination of lecturers, seminars, workshops and tutorials. The intention is to encourage you to engage with the material and the issues under scrutiny and to help you to find different ways of accessing and understanding the work, as a progression on your previous learning. You are encouraged to read widely and research the literature independently as well as for seminar/tutorial purposes. Attendance and Qualification for Credit Attendance at no less than 80% of lectures, workshops and tutorials and completion of all assessments is necessary to qualify for credit. Attendance at lectures and tutorials is compulsory. In the event of illness you should submit a medical certificate through the general office and notify me direct should other circumstances prevent your attendance. (The regulations concerning illness, absence and persistent lateness are given in the University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus Student Handbook 018/019). Course Aims and Learning Objectives Aims 1. To introduce students to the key structures and cultures that shape health and social policy and practice (for example, in relation to the nature of the NHS, local government and the Third Sector).

3 . To familiarise students with trends, issues and values in health and social policy and practice (for example, in relation to demographic changes and pressures).. To identify key developments in the nature of health and social policy and practice within changing social, economic and political contexts (for example, in relation to processes of health and social integration ). 4. To provide students with the theory, knowledge and skills with which to engage in critical analysis of health and social policy and practice (for example, in relation to demographic changes and pressures). Learning objectives By the end of this course students will be able to demonstrate: 1. Knowledge of the key structures and cultures that shape health and social policy and practice.. An understanding of the trends, issues and values in emergent health and social policy and practice.. An awareness of the relationship between social economic and political change and changes in the nature of welfare provision 4. Critical awareness and application of the theory, knowledge and skills with which to engage in analysis of issues relating to health and social policy and practice. Course assessment Examination, (40%) [predominantly addressing ILOs (1) & ()]; (semester ) 1x 000 policy analysis report (40%) [predominantly addressing ILOs () & (4)] (semester ) Group oral policy analysis presentation (0%) [predominantly addressing ILO (4)] (semester 1)

4 Lecture programme Block 1: Foundations of policy Session 1 17/9/18 Session 4/9/18 Session 1/10/18 Session 4 8/10/18 Session 5 15/10/18 Session 6 /10/18 Semester 1 Course Introduction (SW) Enrolment, introduction & organisation: a brief introduction to health and social systems and models and their relationship to policy and practice. Case study: Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? (SW) This session will introduce a case study film of change in the NHS. The general nature of health policy (SW) This session looks at theories of policy development and the language used to describe and articulate various aspects of health and social policy. It will consider the nature of power and influence in this process and the complex inter-relationship between the official aspects of policy formulation and those informal activities and responses that can exert a strong influence on subsequent policy development. The general nature of health policy: tobacco control case study (SW) This session will consider the general theoretical ideas introduced last week within a specific health specific policy area. It will describe the various elements that have defined efforts to restrict smoking and will examine the nature of policy processes unfolding around the Smoking, Health and Social Care Bill in Scotland. The Possibility of Evidence-Based Policy? (SW) Using various examples, this session will examine the increasing attempts to increase the contribution of formal research to the creation and implementation of policy and practice. The session will critically examine the potential of this interaction. Policy choices 1: Case study - dimensions in resource allocation (SW) This session will build upon the foundation established in the previous session within the use of an active exercise in decision-making and resource allocation. Study Week 4

5 Block : Health & Social integration and possibilities of care Session 7 Care I: Introduction: Theory and context of integration and care (SW) 9/10/18 Session 8 Care II: D&G case study (Jill Osborne, South West Rape Crisis) 5/11/18 Session 9 Care III: D&G case study (Vicky Freeman, NHS D&G) 1/11/18 Session 10 Summary/group presentations 19/11/18 Session 11 Summary/ group presentations 6/11/18 Semester (TBC) Block : Housing as an integrated issue Session 1 Housing I: Introduction: Theory and context of housing as an integrated issue (SW) Session Housing II: D&G Housing case study (Nicola Carson, D&G Council) Session Housing III: The Crichton Care Campus (Prof. David Clark) Block 4: Comparative policy Session 4 Globalisation: implications for health and policy (SW) This session will explore the various ramifications of processes of globalisation on health policies. Drawing upon the 005 WHO Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World, it will examine both the positive potential of such processes as well as various detrimental effects. Session 5 Nordic and USA Health and Social Policy Session 6 Study week Block 5: Public health and emergent health and social policy 5

6 Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 The policy context for public health & health improvement within healthy policy (SW) This session will consider the range of influences that have sought to establish the disciplines of public health and health promotion as central features of UK health policy. It will conclude by establishing a framework for different types of practice and will specifically outline the nature of a setting based approach. Case study I: Public Mental Health Strategy (Claire Thirlwall, Health & Wellbeing Specialist, DG Health & Wellbeing) Case study II: Health Improvement work (Dyfrig Hywel, NHS Health Improvement Officer, Nithsdale Health Improvement Team) Review of course themes Course review and exam prep Semester 1: Group Presentation Guidelines and Assessment Your group is expected to deliver a presentation demonstrating the way in which one health or health-related policy area has generally developed over time and is currently constituted. The presentation should also identify and assess the key stakeholders in this domain. You are advised to decide on your topic early in semester 1. Previous policy areas have included topics such as domestic violence, sexual health, smoking, drug misuse, seatbelt legislation and homelessness and more generic issues like integration and evidence-based policy making). Your focus should reflect local, national and if appropriate international contexts. As such literature, evidence and insights could come from these three levels. Group presentations should last no more than 0 minutes per group Your group is required to prepare a policy brief (roughly two sides of A4) that includes: A brief description of the policy issue, its history and context and why it is seen as significant and/or important. Evidence of key issues involved in the development and implementation of it. Your assessment of the best or most likely way forward. You will be assessed in three areas: The evidence and arguments presented by the group. The coherence of the group s presentation. 6

7 Your personal presentation skills. Semester : Policy analysis report The report will undertake a classic policy analysis process. Some resources that outline possible elements are available on the course moodle site. The report should have the following elements: An introduction that clearly sets out the nature of the policy area you are considering; What the policy area is: including a brief overview of the history of the policy area; a review of the key issues involved in this area. What tensions exist in relation to perceptions of the nature of the policy problem and the range of potential solutions. Why is this policy area considered significant? Who are the key groupings and agencies involved in shaping the area?, including an assessment of the weight of influence these groups have. A summary of the possible ways in which this area might develop over time. Attendance Attendance at all lectures is a requirement of the course. It is University of Glasgow policy that students must explain, in writing, any absence from these as soon as possible. A medical certificate will be required if absence is due to medical reasons. Self-certificate forms for absences up to four days are available from the General Office. Only if written explanation or a medical certificate is presented to either the Convener or the General Office will absences be considered to have been adequately explained. Unexplained absences may prevent you from passing the course. Attendance at no less than 80% of all types of session and completion of all assessments is necessary to qualify for credit. Deadlines, Penalties, and Extensions For more detailed information see University Calendar All summative assessments are required to be submitted by deadlines as notified in course documentation such as, for example, a Course Handbook, Timetable, or separate paper itemizing essay questions/topics. All work should be submitted before the deadline times. Late Submission 7

8 Students may be granted an extension to essay deadlines on medical or compassionate grounds. In the case of the former, a medical certificate from your doctor is required. All extensions must be applied for in writing and in advance of the deadline. Extensions will not be granted retrospectively. Late work will be penalised as follows: i) Essays submitted up to 1 working day after the date and time of submission will have points deducted from the point scale. ii) Essays submitted up to working days past the submission time and date will have 4 points deducted. iii) Essays submitted up to working days past the submission time and date will have 6 points deducted. iv) Essays submitted up to 4 working days past the submission time and date will have 8 points deducted. v) Essays submitted up to 5 working days past the submission time and date will have 10 points deducted. Work submitted more than 5 days late will not be accepted and the candidate will be graded CR (credit refused). If this affects progression to the next module in the same year, the Class Convener may agree to note the existence of (but not mark) the work. Resit exam If the final examination is missed for medical reasons, or if a grade lower than a D has been obtained for the course, students may re-sit a similar exam held in August 016. For re-sit exams, the other coursework marks (i.e. assignments, project and essay) are carried forward. If re-sitting because of a low grade, an adjusted grade of D is the highest that may be obtained. Good cause In the case of illness or other adverse personal circumstances resulting in a failure submit coursework at or by the due time, or to satisfy the requirements of the scheme of assessment, the student has the opportunity to seek Good Cause. Notifications must be made to the Senior Advisor within 7 days of the date of the assessment unless there is a good reason for later submission. Disability Good presentation, spelling and grammar are considered core competencies of this course and no compensation can be made for poor articulation in these areas at the marking stage. Students with needs in this domain should seek support from student services prior to submission. 8

9 Marks grades and grade related criteria Your course work will be graded according to accepted academic norms and specifically with graderelated criteria to guide them. This ensures that their marking is consistent. External examiners then review these marks. Primary Grade Gloss Secondary Band A Excellent 1 Aggregation Score (1) 0 (19) 18 Primary verbal descriptors for attainment of Intended Learning Outcomes Exemplary range and depth of attainment of intended learning outcomes, secured by discriminating command of a comprehensive range of relevant materials and analyses, and by deployment of considered judgement relating to key issues, concepts and procedures B Very Good 1 C Good 1 D Satisfact ory 1 E Weak 1 F Poor 1 G Very Poor Conclusive attainment of virtually all intended learning outcomes, clearly grounded on a close familiarity with a wide range of supporting evidence, constructively utilised to reveal appreciable depth of understanding Clear attainment of most of the intended learning outcomes, some more securely grasped than others, resting on a circumscribed range of evidence and displaying a variable depth of understanding Acceptable attainment of intended learning outcomes, displaying a qualified familiarity with a minimally sufficient range of relevant materials, and a grasp of the analytical issues and concepts which is generally reasonable, albeit insecure Attainment deficient in respect of specific intended learning outcomes, with mixed evidence as to the depth of knowledge and weak deployment of arguments or deficient manipulations Attainment of intended learning outcomes appreciably deficient in critical respects, lacking secure basis in relevant factual and analytical dimensions Attainment of intended learning outcomes markedly deficient in respect of nearly all intended learning outcomes, with irrelevant use of materials and incomplete and flawed explanation N No Credit 0 No convincing evidence of attainment of intended learning outcomes, such treatment of the subject as is in evidence being directionless and fragmentary CR CREDIT REFUSED Failure to comply, in the absence of good cause, with the published requirements of the course or programme. Note: The Secondary Band indicates the degree to which the work possesses the qualities of the corresponding descriptor. 1: High; : Medium; : Low. No credit (N) is given to work scoring an overall mark of 0. 9

10 BIBLIOGRAPHY Allsop J., Health Policy and the N.H.S, Towards 000, Longman, London, Annandle E., The Sociology of Health and medicine, Polity Press, Baggott R., Health and Health Care in Britain, St Martin s Press Baggott R. Health and health care in Britain Palgrave, 004. Baggott R. Understanding Health Policy Policy Press, 007. Baggott R. Public health: policy and politics Palgrave Macmillan, 011. Baker C. The Health Care Policy Process, Sage, Blane D., Brunner E. and Wilkinson R. Health and social organization: towards a health policy for the twenty-first century Routledge, Blank R. and Burau V. Comparative health policy Palgrave Macmillan, 010. Burry M. Health and Illness in a Changing Society, Routledge, 000. Buse K., Mays N. & Walt G. Making Health Policy (Understanding Public Health) OU Press, 01. Busfield J. Health & health Care in Modern Britain, Oxford University Press, 000. Butler, J. The Ethics of Health Care Rationing, Cassell, Crinson I. Health policy: a critical perspective Sage, 009. Doyl L. The Political Economy of Health, Pluto, Gabbay J.et al Organisational innovation in health services: lessons from the NHS treatment centres, Policy Press, 011. Glasby J. and Dickinson H. Partnership working in health and social care Policy Press, 008. Greener I. Healthcare in the UK: understanding continuity and change Policy Press, 009. Ham C. Health policy in Britain: the politics and organisation of the National Health Service Macmillan, Ham C. Health policy in Britain: the politics and organisation of the National Health Service Palgrave Macmillan, 004. Harrison M. Implementing change in health systems: market reforms in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands Sage, 004 Hill M. Understanding social policy Blackwell, 00 Jenkins R. Developing a national mental health policy Psychology Press 00. Jones L. The Social Context of Health and Health Work, Macmillan, Klein R. The New Politics of the NHS, Longman,

11 Lupton D., The Imperative of Health: Public Health & The Regulated Body, Sage, (1995). Malin N., Wilmot S., Manthorpe J. Key concepts and debates in health and social policy Open University Press, 00. Marmot M. Wilkinson R.G. (eds.), Social Determinants of Health. Oxford University Press, Mooney G. and Scott G. Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland Policy Press, 005. Mooney G. and Scott G. Social justice and social policy in Scotland Policy Press, 01. Moran M., Governing the Health Care State - a Comparative Study of the UK, the United States and Germany. Manchester University Press, New B. & LeGrand, Rationing in the NHS, Principals & Pragmatism, Kings Fund Institute, Palfrey C. Key Concepts in Health Care Policy and Planning, Macmillan Press, 000. Parsons W. Public Policy. An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Petch A. Health and social care: establishing a joint future? Dunedin Academic, 007. Porter D. Health, Civilisation and the State: a History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times, Routledge, Wall A. & Owen B. Health policy London: Routledge, 00. Walker P. & John M. From public health to wellbeing: the new driver for policy and action Palgrave Macmillan, 011 Walsh K. Public Services & Market mechanisms; Competition, Contracting and the New Public Management, Macmillan, Watterson A. Public health in practice Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 00. Various policy-related on-line journals are useful and should be accessed for general update and reference and for particular assessment projects (available on the Merlin section of the University of Glasgow web-site): Critical Social Policy; Policy and Politics; Health Policy; British Medical Journal; Health Service Journal; Critical Public Health; Journal of Healthcare Management; Policy Sciences; Policy Studies; Health Services Research 11

12 The Guardian Society section every Wednesday is also an important resource that will give you regular and up-to date insights into health policy matters as they arise. Various health policy-related websites are also very useful Scottish Executive Health and Community Care Department Department of Health The Kings Fund The Nuffield Trust The Health Foundation The NHS Confederation Scottish Public Health Observatory 1