equip has developed guidance for people working in health and social care to help them to uphold your human rights when you use these services human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that everyone should enjoy this includes people using services and the staff who provide them [Music] a human rights-based approach to care and support is about making sure that your human rights are protected promoted and supported and embedded in the culture of a health and social care service [Music] our guidance uses the freedom principles to explain this hi i'm freda frieda is about working in a way that treats all people using services with fairness respect equality dignity and autonomy what does fairness mean fairness means that when a decision is made with you about your care and support that you are at the center of the decision-making process your voice will be listened to and your wishes will be considered what does respect mean respect means that staff will value you as an individual and will have regard for your rights values beliefs and property what is important to you will be important to the service what does equality mean equality means that you and all people using services will receive equal opportunities it means that no one is discriminated against because of their status or [Music] characteristics what does dignity mean dignity means that you will be treated with compassion and receive the kind of care and support that makes you feel safe valued and respected [Music] what does autonomy mean autonomy means that you will be able to choose how you live on a day-to-day basis according to your own values beliefs and preferences it is about you being able to make informed decisions about the care and support that you wish to receive do you know what you can do if you feel like your human rights were not upheld when you're using a health or social care service firstly talk to the person who's providing the service [Music] if you want to know more about your human rights in health and social care services you can find the guidance on the hicka website [Music] you
