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- 1The Care Act 2014- Duty to promote individuals wellbeing when making a decision about the individual
- Care should be provided continually
- Duty of local authorities to carry out Children’s Needs Assessment for young people likely to need care and support after 18
- Adult safeguarding
- Local authorities have to guarantee preventative services - 2The Health and Social Care Act 2012- No Decision About Me Without Me is intended to be the guiding principle by which patients are treated
- Enables patients to have more control over the care they receive and that those who give care have the freedom and power to commission care that meets local needs
- Healthwatch (an independent service created by the Act), which aims to protect the interests of all people in h+Sc settings - 3The Equality Act 2010- It simplified the Sex Discrimination Act, Race Relations Act and the Disability Discrimination Act
- Makes discrimination illegal, the 9 protected characteristics are: age, gender reassignment, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation
- The Act encourages positive action - 4The Mental Capacity Act 2005- Sets out key principles, procedures and safeguards to protect and empower those who are unable to make some of their own decisions
- 1- A presumption of capacity
2- Support to make decisions
3- Unwise decisions
4- Best interests
5- Less restrictive option - 5The Children’s Act 2004- Protecting children at risk
- Child’s needs must come first
- Child has a right to be consulted if old enough
- Staying safe, being healthy, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and economic well-being are ambitions for every child
- Encourages partnership working
- Created the Children’s Commissioner and set up children’s safeguarding boards to represent children’s interests - 6The Data Protection Act 1998- Information and data should be processed fairly and lawfully, ‘need to know’ basis and also collected with only individuals permission
- Used only for purpose intended
- Data shouldn’t be transferred out of the country
- It should be secured
- It should be processed in line with rights of the individual
- Kept for no longer than necessary
- Accurate and up to date
- Adequate and relevant but not excessive
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- Flashcards on Legislation , created by Chloe J on 06/12/2017.
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