1998

Right to Life ◦ Areas to be considered  End of Life decisions  Example Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)  Medication  Example post code allocation for Breast cancer medication  Abortion

 Prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment ◦ Neglect ◦ Example failure to provide suitable health care ◦ Abuse

 Right to liberty and the security of the person ◦ Sectioned under the Mental Health Act ◦ Example if a person is at risk of self – harm

 Right to a fair and public hearing ◦ Failure to involve the service user in any proceedings ◦ Example a mental health review/child protection conferences

 Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence ◦ Closer of care or nursing homes ◦ Patients kept in hospital because a suitable care package is not available

 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion ◦ The right to practice their religion ◦ No blood transfusion for Jehovah Witnesses

 Right to marry and found a family ◦ People with physical / Learning disabilities are discouraged from becoming parents or have children removed from them

Prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of: sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status ◦ Could make discrimination illegal in a range of situations not otherwise mentioned in the act