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Health and social care case studies Equality and Human Rights …

WEBUsing equality information to reduce non-attendance at the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme - Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This case study illustrates the benefits of collecting and using equality information to identify the needs of people with particular protected characteristics and to measure progress in responding to those …

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The right to health: for ombudsman schemes Equality and …

WEBArticle 12 of the ICESCR recognises the right to enjoy ‘the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health’. Article 11 of the ESC recognises the right to protection of health, while Article 13 enshrines the right to social and medical assistance.

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Restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services: a human …

WEBGuest blog from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Dr Kevin Cleary, Deputy Chief Inspector for Mental Health, and Debbie Ivanova, Deputy Chief Inspector for Social Care, talk about the CQC’s report on restrictive practices and …

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EHRC taking action to improve the treatment of disabled benefit

WEBNotes to editors: In February 2021, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Health in All Policies, chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP, recommended that the Commission “undertake an investigation into the deaths of vulnerable claimants, by suicide and other causes between 2008 and 2020”.

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Inquiry into home care of older people FAQs

WEBAll public authorities have duties to promote human rights. At its most basic, care and support offers protection of people's right to life under Article 2 of the European Convention by ensuring their most fundamental physiological needs, such as eating, taking medication, getting up in the morning and going to bed at night are met.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the equality duty

WEBIdentify if, and how, the duty applies; Collect equality evidence; Assess the potential impact by considering whether the equality evidence indicates potential differential impact on protected characteristic groups or provides an opportunity to improve equality in an area, by asking:; Does the proposed policy eliminate discrimination?

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Mental health the last workplace taboo: Stevenson Farmer review

WEB"Mental health is the last workplace taboo and it must not be allowed to hold us back in our careers, from recruitment through to working environment and promotion.

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Your rights under the Equality Act 2010

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website. Find out about your rights under the Equality Act 2010.

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Human Rights: Human Lives. A Guide to the Human Rights Act for …

WEBThis publication aims to help officials in public authorities understand how the Human Rights Act relates to what they do and how they do it. It is based on the handbook for public authorities Human Rights: Human Lives published by the Ministry of Justice in 2006.

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Equality Act Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website. Find out more about the Equality Act 2010 and how it applies to you.

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Equality Act guidance Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Links to all current Equality Act guidance for private and public sector organisations, employers and employees and education providers.

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Advice and guidance Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website.

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Bournewood case Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. A landmark human rights case that looks at how an autistic man was deprived of his liberty and his foster carers were unable to see him.

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Equality case studies Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website. Unlawful discrimination is explained on a range of topics using case studies and examples.

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Our projects Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website.

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What are reasonable adjustments

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. The duty to provide reasonable adjustments requires you to take positive steps to ensure that disabled students can fully participate in the education …

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Which human rights apply

WEBFind the human rights that could be relevant to your case by searching our guide via sector or topic. Follow the links provided on the six sector pages to get detailed information, case law examples and a discussion of what you should …

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Is Scotland Fairer

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. Visit our new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Continue to our archived website.

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Who does the Human Rights Act apply to

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. The Act applies to all public bodies and private organisations that are carrying out public functions.

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Equal work Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. This page explains the meaning of equal work in terms of equal pay between men and women carrying out the same work for the same pay.

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Race report statistics Equality and Human Rights Commission

WEBThe Equality and Human Rights commission has launched a new website. You can continue to use our archived website until Spring 2024. Please note, it will not be updated after 30 October 2023. Race report: Healing a divided nation. Equality and Human Rights Commission report on the need for a comprehensive race equality strategy.

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