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The Care Act 2014

• Duty on local authorities to promote an individual's 'wellbeing'
• Continuity of care
• Duty on local authorities to carry out Child's Needs Assessments (CNA)
• An independent advocate to available
• Adult safeguarding
• Local authorities have to guarantee preventative services

The Health and Social Care Act 2012

• 'No decision about me without me'
• Clinical Commissioning Groups
• Health and wellbeing boards
• Public health
• Healthwatch

The Equality Acf 2010

• Makes discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic illegal
• Prohibits discrimination
• Covers victimisation and harrassmen
• Reasonable adjustments
• Right to breastfeed in public places
• Encourages positive action
• Discrimination due to association is now an offence
• Pay secrecy clauses are now illegal

The Mental Capacity Act 2005

1. A presumption of capacity

2. Support to make own decisions

3. Unwise decisions

4. Best interests

5. Less restrictive option

The Children Act 2004

• Aims to protect children at risk of harm
• Paramountcy principle
• The child has a right to be consulted
• Children have a right to an advocate
• Encourages partnership working
• Created the Children's Commissioner

The Data Protection Act 1998

• Processed fairly and lawfully
• Used only for purposes for which it was intended
• Adequate and relevant but not excessive
• Accurate and kept-up-to-date
• Kept for no longer than is necessary
• Processed in line with the riights of the individual
• Secured
• Not transferred to other countries outside the EU

The Children and Families Act 2014

The role of the Children's Commissioner:

• Focus on the rights of all children, including those in care or who are living away from home
• Promoting and protecting the rights of children

Parents who have a new child:

• Parental leave
• Fathers or a mother's partner can take unpaid leave to attend up to two antenatal appointments
• Allows both parents to have time off to go to clinic appointments before their baby is born
• Allows people who are going to adopt a child to have time off work to see the child and go to meetings about adoption

Family courts and justice:

• A 26-week deadline for the family court to rule on care proceedings
• In cases where parents are splitting up, the…