Joint Committee On Human Rights - Eighteenth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 16 July 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Terms of reference
Structure of our report
Evidence and visits
Specialist adviser
2 Treatment of older people in hospitals
and care homes
Elder abuse
Neglect or carelessness
Dehydration and malnutrition
Medication
Lack of privacy, dignity and confidentiality
Hospital discharge
Discrimination
Age discrimination
Discrimination against vulnerable groups
Root causes
3 Understanding how the Human Rights Act
applies to older people in healthcare
The transformative purpose of human rights
What does the Human Rights Act add?
4 Department of Health's leadership
Department's responsibility
Political leadership
Policy leadership
5 Implementation of the Human Rights Act
by providers of services
Responsibilities of public authorities
under the Human Rights Act
Positive duty to respect human rights
The problem with private care homes
6 Health and social care inspectorates and
NICE
Health and social care standards
Healthcare standards
National Minimum Standards for Care Homes
for Older People
National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence (NICE)
Discrimination on grounds of age
7 The role of staff in protecting human rights
Hospital staff
Care home staff
Human rights training
Qualifications
Reporting abuse
8 Empowering older people
Barriers to voicing concerns
Complaints
Low awareness of rights
How to make rights accessible to older people
Annex: Human rights laws and standards
in healthcare
Human Rights Act 1998
Convention rights
Public authorities under the HRA
Legal responsibilities under the HRA
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
List of Witnesses
List of Written Evidence
Reports from the Joint Committee on Human
Rights in this Parliament
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE - HL 156-II/HC 378-II
5 March 2007
26 March 2007
23 April 2007
14 May 2007
4 June 2007
Written Evidence
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