legislation Flashcards
Continuity of care: must be provided if someone moves from one area to another, so that there is no gap in there care or support.
The Care Act 2014
Adult Safeguarding: responsibility for enquiries into cases of abuse and neglect
The Care Act 2014
‘No decision about me without me’: patients will be able to choose their GP, consultant, treatment and local health service. This empowers individuals as they are involved in their own decision making for their care.
The Heath and Social Care Act 2012
Clinical Commissioning Groups: GP-led bodies will commission most health services: GPs, dentists, pharmacies.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012
Makes direct and indirect discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic illegal.
The Equality Act 2010
Reasonable adjustments: installing a ramp to access a building for those with disabilities
The Equality Act 2010
Women have the right to breastfeed in public places
The Equality Act 2010
Unwise decisions: just because an individual makes an unwise decision, they should not be treated as lacking the capacity to make that decision.
The Mental capacity Act 2005
Best Interests: actions taken place or decisions made under the act on a persons behalf who lacks capacity must be done in their best interests.
The Mental Capacity act 2005
The child has a right to be consulted: gives children who are old enough for their wishes to be taken into consideration.
The Children Act 2004
Paramountcy principle: the child’s needs must come first
The Children Act 2004
Encourages partnership working: practitioners need to ensure info is shared to avoid miscommunication.
The Children Act 2004
Kept for no longer than is necessary: delete or destroy info when it is no longer needed
The Data Protection act 1998
Not transferred to countries outside the EU: unless service user has given consent as other countries may not have the same data protection legislation so data may not be secure
The Data Protection act 1998
Accurate and kept up to date: inaccurate data should be destroyed or corrected.
The Data Protection act 1998
