The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

Dignity and respectE+W

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10.—(1) Service users must be treated with dignity and respect.

(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), the things which a registered person is required to do to comply with paragraph (1) include in particular—

(a)ensuring the privacy of the service user;

(b)supporting the autonomy, independence and involvement in the community of the service user;

(c)having due regard to any relevant protected characteristics (as defined in section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010) of the service user.