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Why is human rights important in health and social care?

In the UK all public authorities, including NHS organisations, have a duty to respect and promote peoples’ human rights.

Human rights can improve experiences for everybody – from service users, to workers, to service commissioners and providers.

Our work on human rights in health and social care aims to help the English health and social care sector comply with the Human Rights Act, through:

  • increased knowledge, understanding and ability to meet duties to respect, protect and promote human rights, including by addressing inequalities
  • increased knowledge, understanding and ability to translate human rights concepts and protections into higher quality service design and delivery
  • improved care experiences for patients, service users, their families and carers, through embedding a human rights based approach into service delivery
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