Unit 2 Equality, Diversity and Rights in HSC: LO3

Question 1

What is legislation?

Answer 1

Collection of laws passed by parliament

Question 2

What are the laws associated with equality, diversity and rights?

Answer 2

The Care Act 2014
The Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Equality Act 2010
The Mental Health ACt 2005
The Children Act 2004
The Data Protection Act (GDPR) 2018
The Human Rights Act 1998

Question 3

What are the key aspects of The Care Act 2014?

Answer 3

Local Authorities’ duty to promote individuals’ well-being.
Continuity of care - remove geographical barriers.
Child assessments.
An independent advocate to be available.

Question 4

What are the key aspects of The Health and Social Care Act 2012?

Answer 4

No decision about me without me
Clinical commissioning groups
Health and well-being boards
Public health
Healthwatch

Question 5

What are the key aspects of The Equality Act 2010?

Answer 5

Discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics illegal.
Reasonable adjustments must be made.
Women can breastfeed in public.
Pay secrecy clauses are illegal.

Question 6

What are the key aspects of The Mental Health Act 2005?

Answer 6

A presumption of capacity.
Support to make own decisions.
Best interests of the service user.
Less restrictive option used.

Question 7

What are the key aspects of The Children Act 2004?

Answer 7

Paramountcy principle.
The child should be consulted.
Children should have access to an advocate.
Children’s commissioner

Question 8

What are the key aspects of The Human Rights Act 1998?

Answer 8

Right to life.
Right to respect, privacy and family life.
Right to liberty and security.
Right to be free from discrimination.
Right to freedom of expression.
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

Question 9

What are The Care Certificate 2014 standards?

Answer 9

Understand your role.
Your personal development.
Duty of care.
Equality and Diversity.
Work in a person-centred way.
Communication.
Privacy and dignity.
Fluids and nutrition.
Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability.
Safeguarding adults.
Safeguarding children.
Basic life support.
Health and safety.
Handling information.
Infection prevention and control.

Question 10

What is the role of the Children’s commissioner?

Answer 10

Has stronger powers.
Focus on the rights of all children - including those in care.
Promote and protect the rights of children.

Question 11

How does The Children and Families Act 2014 help parents who have a new child?

Answer 11

Parental leave - mothers, fathers and adopters can share parental leave.
Father and mother can have 2 days unpaid leave to attend up to 2 antenatal appointments.
Adoptive parents can have time off to attend meetings

Question 12

How does The Children and Families Act 2014 affect family courts and justice?

Answer 12

26 week deadline for the family court to rule on care proceedings.
When parents are splitting up the court should do what is right for the child.
Courts take the view that both parents should be involved in their children’s lives

Question 13

How does The Children and Families Act 2014 affect those with SEND?

Answer 13

Education and Health Care Plans EHCP
Children’s needs assessed in holistic way.
Personal budget for children with EHCP.
Services to work together. Education, health and social care

Question 14

What is the Care Certificate 2014?

Answer 14

For “unregulated” job roles rather than professions such as nurses or social workers.
Sets out minimum standards that should be covered in induction training before healthcare support workers work without direct supervision.

Question 15

What aspects do Ofsted inspect?

Answer 15

Effectiveness of leadership and management.
Quality of teaching, learning and assessment.
Personal development, behaviour and welfare.
Outcomes for children and learners.
Effectiveness of safeguarding.

Question 16

What does the QCQ do?

Answer 16

The Care Quality Commission registers and licenses care services to ensure essential standards of quality and safety are met.
Caries out inspections and publishes reports.

Question 17

What is EHRC?

Answer 17

The Equality and Human Right’s Commission provides definitions of different types of discrimination.
Advises how to make a discrimination complaint.
Gives advice about whether you have been discriminated against.
Provides info about how to take a case to court.
Provides contact details of support services.

Question 18

What is NICE?

Answer 18

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence assesses new drugs and treatments.
Provides guidelines on how particular conditions should be treated.
Improve outcomes for people using NHS.
Provides information services for those managing and providing health and social care.

Question 19

What are the benefits of legislation and national initiatives?

Answer 19

Person centred approach to care.
Individual needs met.
Empowerment.
Accessible services.
Provides system of redress.
Guidelines for practitioners.
Raise standards of care.

Question 20

How does the Equality Act affect the way staff are selected and interviewed?

Answer 20

Advertisements and interviewers must not discriminate against any of the 9 protected characteristics.
Questions asked must be non-discriminatory.
Interviewers should be trained in equality and diversity.
Mixed interview panel (age, experience, gender, ethnicity) can help avoid bias.

Question 21

Why do care environments have to produce policies?

Answer 21

To guide staff.

To ensure service users are aware of the care and standards they are entitled.

Question 22

How do policies promote good practice?

Answer 22

Provide guidance so staff know how to handle situations.
Ensuring everyone working to same standards.
Ensure staff know their responsibilities.
Ensuring legal requirements are met.
Providing a system of redress.
Gives individuals rights.
Helps service users feel safe and secure.