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Operating Department Practitioner: An Analysis

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This essay will cover the subject of; Making sure health and social care services work together, and how this relates to the role of an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) regarding safeguarding issues. The aim of the essay is to answer the question; how important is communication between the health services and social services when concerning safeguarding issues. Policies relating to responsibilities of the ODP are found in the Standards of proficiency for Operating Department Practitioners from the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC 2014a). The reason for focussing on a question about communication is due to the role of an ODP having the need to be able to properly communicate with many different departments in the health service

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