Human Rights in Healthcare

“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction or race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.”

 

Constitution of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
 
BIHR has been working on human rights in healthcare for over 10 years, making the links between human rights and health and helping organisations in the public and voluntary sectors to use the Human Rights Act to promote better health and social care. We have trained over 1000 individuals from NHS trusts, social services, and voluntary organisations, raising awareness and building the capacity of individuals and organisations to use human rights to make a difference.
 

Public sector work

We have provided training for over 1600 health sector professionals over the last 10 years. See our training page for more information about the training we provide.
 
Between 2006 and 2010 we worked with the Department of Health and five NHS trusts to develop and test a framework for human rights in healthcare. We are now involved in a project with one of these trusts, Mersey Care, in a continuation of our work with the public sector.
 
More information about our public sector work can be found at this page. Mersey Care has set up a website on human rights in healthcare which outlines the work done in the period from 2011 - 2012.
 

Work with the voluntary sector

Since August 2010, we have been working on a project to raise awareness of human rights among voluntary sector organisations involved in health and social care. We are currently working closely with about 24 organisations - in Birmingham, London and the North-West -  to explore ways of using human rights to promote better health and social care. Further information is available at this page or on our Community website (currently in the process of redevelopment). 

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