Policy Updates

Human Rights Policy and Procedure #2

Care Management Rights & Abuse Region: | Reference: WCR29

This policy outlines how human rights underpins all decision-making in health and social care, and that the Human Rights Act 1998, the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and the Equalities Act 2010, all prohibit inhuman and degrading treatment, and set boundaries on when a person’s rights to liberty or to a private and family life can be breached. The policy content has been reviewed with minor changes, references have been updated with some additional resources added.