Anti-discriminatory Practice

Laws and Legislations which promote anti-discriminatory practice

Laws and Legislations are in place to promote equality, they apply to everyone and by law every individual must abide by these rules. The purpose of laws and legislations is that every individual is protected by them as others may discriminate against them and by putting these laws in place then it reduces the amount of discriminations and promotes equality. Just like any other setting, laws and legislations apply to hospitals as well. They are vital in a hospital setting as it can affect many factors in the hospital from the way nurses work to how data within computer systems are protected. In this report, I will be explaining how laws and legislations affect hospital setting and how they can bring positive reinforcement into a hospital setting.

Age Discrimination Act 2006

The Age Discrimination Act states that it is prohibited for employers and others to discriminate against an individual on the grounds of their age. This act protects all individuals of all ages against this kind of discrimination. An example this type of discrimination is an experienced and successful senior nurse who is only 40 is fired because the NHS board feel that she is becoming too old for the job and think that someone a few years younger maybe more preferable, so they decide to fire the senior nurse. This is indirect discrimination, where the individual is unaware that they were discriminate against because of their age. The NHS board did not take in to account the senior nurse’s skill, experience or how well she could cope with the job. All they took into account was her age. This act prevents discrimination as if the NHS board followed the rules of the age discrimination act then th...

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...re. The care standards act requires that staff deliver to patients, safety, confidentiality, privacy, choice and consent. By providing this individuals feel more comfortable as they feel that they can express their opinion and vast amount of trust can be developed.

An example that promotes the importance of the care standards act within a hospital is if a male nurse was to start bathing an elderly schizophrenic female patient who did not wished to be touched by a male nurse then this is violating her own wishes and therefore she is not receiving a high standard of care as her views were not listened to and respected. The care standard act protects patient’s view and ensures that the well-being of the patient is being put first. This is important for the services to put the patients first as they are using the services and without them the services may not exist.