Legislation - Health and Social Care
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- Legislation - Health and Social Care
- Childrens Act 1989
- Three Features
- Children have a right to be heard
- Children should be told what is happening so they can voice their opinion
- Wherever possible the child should be brought up within their own family
- If the parents are unable look afer the child other family members should try to fufill the role
- Such as Grandparents,Aunts and Uncles
- Such as Grandparents,Aunts and Uncles
- If the parents are unable look afer the child other family members should try to fufill the role
- Children have a right to be heard
- Three Strengths
- Protects children from harm through Paramountcy Principle
- Children have rights and parents have responsibilities that are clearly set out in the act
- When children are at risk professionals are required to take action
- Three Weaknesses
- Children under 10 years of age are not criminal liable
- Children can still get hurt but the abuse may be unnoticed
- It is difficult for children to know about their rights and legal protection
- Three Features
- Mental Health Act 1983
- Three Features
- Sets out the conditions under which a person can be treated without their consent
- Gives relatives and approved social workers and doctors a right to have a person detained for their own safety or the safety of others
- A second doctor's opinion is needed if the person is going to be sectioned and refuses treatment
- Two types of detention
- section 2
- section for assessment that lasts 28 days
- cannot be renewed
- If they are discharged they should revise aftercare such as councelling
- Section 3
- After section 2
- for treatment
- Initially for three months, then can be renewed for another three months and then six months
- section 2
- Two Strengths
- Prevents clients hurting themselves or others through the mental health act
- People that are sectioned have a right to appeal with a mental health review tribunal
- Consists of a doctor, solicitor and a lay person
- Client has a right to legal aid and representation of a lawyer
- Three Weaknesses
- Focuses more on control and containment than treatment so heightens stigma around mental illness
- Does not take into account clients human rights
- Consideration has not been given to new community care
- Three Features
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- Childrens Act 1989
- Two types of detention
- section 2
- section for assessment that lasts 28 days
- cannot be renewed
- If they are discharged they should revise aftercare such as councelling
- Section 3
- After section 2
- for treatment
- Initially for three months, then can be renewed for another three months and then six months
- section 2
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