Unit 3 P4 Health And Social Care Essay
D1-Explore the impact and effects that the Human Rights Act had has had on anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care environments in general as well as specifically in your work placements
“Quite simply we cannot hope to improve people 's health and wellbeing if we are not ensuring that their human rights are respected. Human rights are not just about avoiding getting it wrong, they are an opportunity to make real improvements to people 's lives.” Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Health Services (Equality and Human Rights, 2007)
The Human Rights Act places all public authorities in the UK under a duty to respect the rights it contains in everything that they do. The term ‘public authority’ includes the police and governments, …show more content…
She asked to come with him, but was told by the local authority that she did not fit the criteria. Speaking to the media, she said: ‘We have never been separated in all our years and for it to happen now, when we need each other so much, is so upsetting. I am lost without him – we were a partnership.’ A public campaign launched by the family, supported by the media and various human rights experts and older people’s organisations, argued that the local authority had breached the couple’s right to respect for family life. The authority agreed to reverse its decision and offered the wife a subsidised place so that she could join her husband in the care home.
Source: BIHR (2008) The Human Rights Act – Changing lives, 2nd edition
By separating the couple into separate care homes this was clearly a breach to their right to respect for family life. All too often the Human Rights Act is associated with only large technical legal arguments or perceived to be limited to certain types of issues. However this case study illustrates how groups of ordinary people themselves are able to use the human rights law to challenge poor treatment and negotiate improvements to the services being
“Quite simply we cannot hope to improve people 's health and wellbeing if we are not ensuring that their human rights are respected. Human rights are not just about avoiding getting it wrong, they are an opportunity to make real improvements to people 's lives.” Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Health Services (Equality and Human Rights, 2007)
The Human Rights Act places all public authorities in the UK under a duty to respect the rights it contains in everything that they do. The term ‘public authority’ includes the police and governments, …show more content…
She asked to come with him, but was told by the local authority that she did not fit the criteria. Speaking to the media, she said: ‘We have never been separated in all our years and for it to happen now, when we need each other so much, is so upsetting. I am lost without him – we were a partnership.’ A public campaign launched by the family, supported by the media and various human rights experts and older people’s organisations, argued that the local authority had breached the couple’s right to respect for family life. The authority agreed to reverse its decision and offered the wife a subsidised place so that she could join her husband in the care home.
Source: BIHR (2008) The Human Rights Act – Changing lives, 2nd edition
By separating the couple into separate care homes this was clearly a breach to their right to respect for family life. All too often the Human Rights Act is associated with only large technical legal arguments or perceived to be limited to certain types of issues. However this case study illustrates how groups of ordinary people themselves are able to use the human rights law to challenge poor treatment and negotiate improvements to the services being