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- 1The Care Act 2014• Local authorities have a primary responsibility to promote individual wellbeing.
• Shift from providing services to meeting needs and putting person at the centre.
• Focus on preventing or delaying the need for support.
• Support for carers who are family or friends.
• Local authority must provide people with support and advocacy services.
• Adult safeguarding means the local authority must act to protect adults at risk of being abused or neglected.
• Range of providers offering choice of high quality services.
• Information and advice available so that people can make their own decisions about their care and support. - 2The Health and Social Care Act 2012• Aimed at tackling rising demand and treatment costs.
• Aimed at improving the performance of the NHS.
• Local clinical commissioning groups are responsible for health.
• Putting clinicians in charge of shaping services means they should commission services to meet their local needs.
• Patients are given greater freedom to choose services that meet their needs.
• Greater opportunity for patients’ views to be heard and taken into account.
• Easier access for private providers. - 3The Mental Capacity Act 2005• To empower and protect vulnerable people who are unable to make their own decisions.
• All adults have the right to make their own decisions.
• All adults should be assumed to have the capacity to make their own decisions unless proved otherwise.
• Individuals have the right to support to help them make decisions.
• When acting on behalf of someone without capacity, all decisions must be in their best interest.
• Any intervention on someone without capacity should be that which is least restrictive of their basic rights and freedoms.
• Restraint must be proportionate and only carried out when necessary to prevent harm. - 4The Children's Act 2004• Established role of Children’s Commissioner for England to advocate for their interests.
• Cooperation between agencies must be promoted by local authorities to improve children’s wellbeing.
• Safeguarding arrangements must promote children’s welfare.
• Information should be shared between agencies.
• Local authority has a duty to promote the educational achievement of looked after children. - 5The Data Protection Act 1998Controls use of personal information by public and private organisations.
• Data must be used fairly and lawfully.
• Data must be used for a specific purpose.
• Data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive.
• Data must be accurate.
• Data must not be kept longer than is necessary.
• Data must be kept securely.
• Individuals have the right to find out what information organisations store about them. - 6The Equality Act 2010• Brought together previous legislation that protected people from discrimination.
• Applies to everyone who provides a service to the public.
• Everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect.
• Prohibits discrimination on the grounds of ‘protected characteristics’: age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
• Prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
• Public sector equality duty – To proactively eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance equality and promote cohesion.
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