Shona Thomas
M3 – Describe ways health and social care settings use national initiatives to promote anti-
discriminatory practice
Doctor’s surgery
A doctors surgery is a health and social care practice which can be run by the NHS and is a
medical facility, it has fully trained practitioners who are able to treat patients. It is also a
facility which can provide help, support and advice. The practitioners are also qualifies to
refer individuals to specialists if it is required.
The Human Rights Act 1998
A Doctors surgery would use the Human rights Act which was made in 1998 include the
basic rights and principles that every person in the world is entitled to. The Human Rights
that everyone has are based on the FREDA principles. Some of the principles would be the
right to life, freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading treatment, freedom to
expression, freedom of thought, belief and religion as well as the respect for your private
and family life, home and correspondence.
“FREDA stands for Fairness, Respect, Equality, Dignity and Autonomy’ (EHRC).”1 The Human
rights Act ensures that an individual has freedom to control their day-to-day life, and that
they are able to effectively participate in all aspects of life in a fair and equal way in
comparison to the rest of the public so its main goal is to promote anti-discriminatory
practice. A doctor’s surgery has the understanding that each individual has their own
individuality so diversity should be encouraged. Because of the Human Rights Act of 1998, a
Doctors surgery has to treat people being treated fairly, to do this there must be good
morale amongst health and social care practitioners so it can lead to a better performance
this also leads to a more stable workforce resulting in service users receiving better care.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
This act protects individuals with “a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial
and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day
activities”2. It would cover people with disabilities from direct discrimination, an example of
this in a Doctors surgery could be that the disabled individual is denied an appointment as
1 https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights/human-rights-act
2 http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-your-rights/disability-discrimination-act-dda
M3 – Describe ways health and social care settings use national initiatives to promote anti-
discriminatory practice
Doctor’s surgery
A doctors surgery is a health and social care practice which can be run by the NHS and is a
medical facility, it has fully trained practitioners who are able to treat patients. It is also a
facility which can provide help, support and advice. The practitioners are also qualifies to
refer individuals to specialists if it is required.
The Human Rights Act 1998
A Doctors surgery would use the Human rights Act which was made in 1998 include the
basic rights and principles that every person in the world is entitled to. The Human Rights
that everyone has are based on the FREDA principles. Some of the principles would be the
right to life, freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading treatment, freedom to
expression, freedom of thought, belief and religion as well as the respect for your private
and family life, home and correspondence.
“FREDA stands for Fairness, Respect, Equality, Dignity and Autonomy’ (EHRC).”1 The Human
rights Act ensures that an individual has freedom to control their day-to-day life, and that
they are able to effectively participate in all aspects of life in a fair and equal way in
comparison to the rest of the public so its main goal is to promote anti-discriminatory
practice. A doctor’s surgery has the understanding that each individual has their own
individuality so diversity should be encouraged. Because of the Human Rights Act of 1998, a
Doctors surgery has to treat people being treated fairly, to do this there must be good
morale amongst health and social care practitioners so it can lead to a better performance
this also leads to a more stable workforce resulting in service users receiving better care.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
This act protects individuals with “a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial
and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day
activities”2. It would cover people with disabilities from direct discrimination, an example of
this in a Doctors surgery could be that the disabled individual is denied an appointment as
1 https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights/human-rights-act
2 http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-your-rights/disability-discrimination-act-dda
