Full human rights act may not be applied to care homes
The human rights act has particular provisions for people under the care of the public sector, though as the HSJ reports, some priovisions of the act do not cover private sector providers that work under contract to government bodies.
This may change
“Efforts to improve human rights protection for children and the elderly in privately run care homes have been blocked by the government.
Many provisions of the Human Rights Act do not cover private sector providers that have contracts with public bodies such as local authorities and the NHS.
Labour MP Andrew Dismore is seeking to rectify this with his Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill, which is intended to clarify the law.
As chair of the joint committee on Human Rights, he is calling for an “unambiguous” clarification of the meaning of “public authority” as defined in the act.”
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Also reported in the Nursing Times
