Key Legislation:

The NMC Code (2018):

 Presents the professional standards that nurses, midwives and nursing associates uphold to
be registered to practice in the UK.
 4 aspects, prioritise people/ practice effectively / preserving safety/ promoting
professionalism and trust.

The NHS constitution (Updated 2021):

 Sets out rights for patients, public, and staff.

 Outlines NHS commitments to patients and staff and the responsibilities for the public,
patients, and staff owe to one another.

The Mental Capacity Act (2005):

 A law that protects vulnerable people over the age of 16 around decision-making.
 every adult, whatever their disability, has the right to make their own decisions wherever
possible.

Deprivation of Liberty/ LPS (2009/2019):

 Designed to protect your rights if the care or treatment you receive in a hospital or care
home means you are or may become deprived of your liberty and you lack the capacity to
agree to those arrangements.

Health and Care Act (2022):

 Introduced new legislative measures that aim to make it easier for health and care
organisations to deliver joined-up care for people who rely on multiple different services.

Equality Act (2010):

 Protects those receiving care and the workers that provide it from being treated unfairly
because of any characteristics that are protected under the legislation.

Care Act (2014):

 Law that sets out ho adult social care ine ngland should be provided.
 Requires local authority to make sure that people who live in their areas receive services that
prevent their care needs from becoming more serious or delay the impact of their needs.

Human Rights Act (1989):

 Act whereby fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to.

Mental Health Act (1983/2007):

 Law which sets out when you can be admitted, detained and treated in hospital against your
wishes.
 Known as being ‘sectioned’.
Gillick’s competency (1980s):

 Used in a wider context to help assess whether a child has the maturity to make their own
decisions and to understand the implications of those decisions.

UNCRC(United Nations Convention for Rights of Children) 1989:

 The convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the
civil,political,economic,social and cultural rights that all children everywhere ar entitled to.

Fraser Guidelines (1980s):

 Advice and treatment about contraception and sexual health for under 16 year olds.

Children’s Acts (1989/2004):

 Places a duty on local authorities in England to make arrangements to promote co-operation

with key partners and local agencies, with a view to improving the wellbeing in the
authority’s area.

Children and Family Act (2014):

 An act to amend the law relating to the age of majority, to persons who have not attained
that age and to the time when a particular age is attained.
 Childrens service must provide accommodation to certain children in need in their area.

Family Reform Act (1969):

 Reform services for vulnerable children.

 Services that pay special attention to those in need + helping parents.