Concepts of Equality, Diversity and Rights in Relation to Health and Social Care

March 5 | 2016
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

CONCEPTS OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND
RIGHTS IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE
Equality
• State in which the individual feel same with respect to their number,
amount, degree, value or rank.
• For maintaining the equality in health care firms and other
companies, government of UK has introduced The Equality Act 2010.
• This act consists of some protected characteristics with respect to the
age, gender, religion, race, marriage and many more.
Diversity
• State in which people understand that they are different from each
other.
• It is the process in which health and social care organisations create
friendly culture for every staff member and service user can
participate and contribute in the functioning.
• All people have different values, friends, social group, believes and
many more.

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Rights:
• Legal, social or ethical principles of freedom.
• There are various rights given to the patients by the
social care organisations for maintaining their respect,
independence and dignity.
• According to the rights, everyone should be treated
same and has the right to live freely.
• It includes The Human Right act 1998,
• The Care Act 2014, The Health and Social care act
2012, etc.