Equality, Diversity & Rights in Health & Social Care

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Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care Unit Two: Equality, Diversity & Rights in Health & Social Care Task 1 In this assignment I am going to explain the different rights of service users in health and social care environments. We all have basic human rights no matter what service we are using and everybody has a responsibility to respect other people’s human rights as stated in The Human Rights Act 2000. It is important that the rights of individuals are understood and catered for in health and social care environments and that service users can be cared for in a way that meet their needs, takes into account their choice and protects them. Many service users will be in a situation where they are vulnerable and their freedom and independence is minimal maybe because they are unwell, distressed, have a physical or mental health concern and many decisions will be made on their behalf and it is for this reason that care workers must promote and support service users’ rights wherever possible. Rights are something that people can claim they are entitled to and if they feel that their rights have been breached or not supported then they can achieve justice through law such as, court action or claiming compensation. Rights affect an individual’s day to day life by what they can say or do, their beliefs and other freedoms. The right to Choice It is a service users right to make their own choices about the care they receive in any care setting. Care workers should promote service users rights to exercise choice and provide opportunities for them to select from a range of options in all aspects in their lives. They could do this by: listening to the views of service users so that informed choices can be made about their care, treatment and support in their activities of daily living such as providing meals which enable service users to decide for
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