Shona Thomas
D2 – Evaluate the effectiveness of national initiatives in promoting anti-
discriminatory practice
National initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice as they prevent people from
being discriminated because of their “race, color, gender, age culture, disability,
social class, cognitive ability or health status.”1 National initiatives have been
successful in many ways as it makes people more aware of their rights in a health and
social care setting resulting in discriminatory cases being challenged.
The Equality Act 2010 is effective because it “legally protects people from
discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-
discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and
strengthening protection in some situations.”2 There are many benefits to people as
it ensures that people are treated equally, as they will be given the same treatment
in a health setting as their needs will be met, this means that their self-esteem is
likely to rise as they will feel valued for who they are. It will also make people aware
of what is right and wrong in a health and social care setting as they will be more
aware of what they are entitled to in terms of rights and how their needs should be
met, for example it would ensure that privacy is given to maintain dignity. Although
this act is successful it is a very long list of people’s rights so many aren’t very well
educated on what they are entitled to and their basic needs, so there needs to be
more education concerning this act for both the service users and the practitioners
who work for the health service in order for the individuals to be treated right.
Therefore, overall this act benefits many people as it does promote anti-
discriminatory practice and it allows people to be more aware of what care they
should have received in a health and social care setting. So if they haven’t received
the care that they think they should have, then this act would be legal protection for
them when making a complaint as well as in the future as they would become more
aware of their rights.
1 https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-discriminatory-practice/
2 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
D2 – Evaluate the effectiveness of national initiatives in promoting anti-
discriminatory practice
National initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice as they prevent people from
being discriminated because of their “race, color, gender, age culture, disability,
social class, cognitive ability or health status.”1 National initiatives have been
successful in many ways as it makes people more aware of their rights in a health and
social care setting resulting in discriminatory cases being challenged.
The Equality Act 2010 is effective because it “legally protects people from
discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-
discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and
strengthening protection in some situations.”2 There are many benefits to people as
it ensures that people are treated equally, as they will be given the same treatment
in a health setting as their needs will be met, this means that their self-esteem is
likely to rise as they will feel valued for who they are. It will also make people aware
of what is right and wrong in a health and social care setting as they will be more
aware of what they are entitled to in terms of rights and how their needs should be
met, for example it would ensure that privacy is given to maintain dignity. Although
this act is successful it is a very long list of people’s rights so many aren’t very well
educated on what they are entitled to and their basic needs, so there needs to be
more education concerning this act for both the service users and the practitioners
who work for the health service in order for the individuals to be treated right.
Therefore, overall this act benefits many people as it does promote anti-
discriminatory practice and it allows people to be more aware of what care they
should have received in a health and social care setting. So if they haven’t received
the care that they think they should have, then this act would be legal protection for
them when making a complaint as well as in the future as they would become more
aware of their rights.
1 https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-discriminatory-practice/
2 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
