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Human Rights Based Care

Explore patients’ experiences of a human rights-based approach

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This report explores patients’ experiences of care in hospital from the perspective of a human-rights based approach. A human-rights based approach to the provision of acute hospital care involves respecting every individual’s human rights through promoting the core principles of person-centred care.

Human Rights Based Care - Published May 2022

Most people had positive experiences, with high ratings for questions on:

 

    • being treated with respect and dignity,
    • receiving enough privacy when being examined or treated,
    • confidence in the hospital staff providing treatment
    • cleanliness of wards or rooms.

 

There was some room for improvement, with many people saying that they were not told about medication side effects and were not given any written or printed information about what they should or should not do after leaving hospital.

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FREDA Principles

The FREDA principles are an internationally recognised framework through which human rights can be considered. The FREDA principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are the basics of good care.

9 Questions

Fairness Downward arrow

  • 70% of people (6,671) said that they always got an opportunity to talk to a nurse if they needed to.

 

  • 62% of people (6,287) said that they had no worries or fears about COVID-19. However, 12% of people (1,174) said that they could not find a member of staff to talk to if they had worries or fears about COVID-19.

 

 

fairness
12 Questions

Respect Downward arrow

  • 86% of people (8,718) said that they were always given enough privacy when being examined or treated.

 

  • 36% of people (2,644) said that a member of staff did not tell them about medication side effects to watch for at home.

respect
20 Questions

Equality Downward arrow

  • 78% of people (4,444) said that a member of staff always answered their questions about an operation or procedure in a way they could understand.

 

  • 37% (3,062) said that before they left hospital, they were not given any written or printed information about what they should or should not do after leaving hospital

equality
13 Questions

Dignity Downward arrow

  • 76% (7,849) said that the room or ward they were in was very clean.

 

  • 29% of people (2,104) said that they were admitted to a ward within the HSE’s target waiting time of six hours.

dignity
21 Questions

Autonomy Downward arrow

  • 77% of people (7,083) said that a member of staff always explained what would happen before any treatments.

 

  • 32% of people (2,553) said that a member of staff did not tell them about danger signals to watch for when they went home.

autonomy

FREDA Principles

Fairness

HIDE Downward arrow

  • 70% of people (6,671) said that they always got an opportunity to talk to a nurse if they needed to.

 

  • 62% of people (6,287) said that they had no worries or fears about COVID-19. However, 12% of people (1,174) said that they could not find a member of staff to talk to if they had worries or fears about COVID-19.

 

 

fairness

Respect

HIDE Downward arrow

  • 86% of people (8,718) said that they were always given enough privacy when being examined or treated.

 

  • 36% of people (2,644) said that a member of staff did not tell them about medication side effects to watch for at home.

respect

Equality

HIDE Downward arrow

  • 78% of people (4,444) said that a member of staff always answered their questions about an operation or procedure in a way they could understand.

 

  • 37% (3,062) said that before they left hospital, they were not given any written or printed information about what they should or should not do after leaving hospital

equality

Dignity

HIDE Downward arrow

  • 76% (7,849) said that the room or ward they were in was very clean.

 

  • 29% of people (2,104) said that they were admitted to a ward within the HSE’s target waiting time of six hours.

dignity

Autonomy

HIDE Downward arrow

  • 77% of people (7,083) said that a member of staff always explained what would happen before any treatments.

 

  • 32% of people (2,553) said that a member of staff did not tell them about danger signals to watch for when they went home.

autonomy

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