Human Rights and Medical Treatment
Many aspects of medical treatment may raise human rights issues. Under UK human rights law NHS medical establishments and local health authorities are 'public authorities'. This means that they must comply with the duties contained in the Human Rights Act. Therefore, a breach of an individual's human rights by the NHS or a local health authority could give rise to a legal claim under the Human Rights Act.
Human Rights with Relevance to Medical Treatment
Many of the rights contained in the Human Rights Act 1998 could apply to medical treatment. In particular:- Article 2 – the right to life;
- Article 3 – the right not to be subjected to degrading treatment;
- Article 5 – the right to liberty. This Article specifically provides that an individual may lawfully be deprived of liberty in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases or if they are “of unsound mind”;
- Article 8 – the right to respect for an individual's private life.
Under Article 14 public authorities must ensure that there is no discrimination in the way that the rights in the Act are applied.
Human Rights and Access to Medication or Treatment
“Postcode lottery“ and “postcode prescribing“ are terms which have been applied to the availability of certain treatments and medications on the NHS. For a treatment to be made widely available on the NHS it must be approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) – In England and Wales – or the Scottish Medicines Consortium – in Scotland. If a treatment is not approved it will only be available through the NHS if a patient's local health authority agrees to provide special funding for it.Applications for this funding are made by a patient's doctor. The criteria applied to applications, and the amount of funding available, may vary between different health authorities. Therefore, a treatment could be provided on the NHS for some patients but not for others. This may raise questions about whether there has been discrimination relating to access to the treatment based on where a patient lives.
Human rights arguments may also be raised in relation to drugs which are deemed to have little positive impact or which are considered to be disproportionately expensive. For example, an expensive drug may be shown to prolong life in terminally ill patients – but only for a matter of weeks. On this basis it may not be approved for availability on the NHS. Patients may argue that, by withholding the treatment, the local health authority has breached their right to life.
Human Rights and Consent to Medical Treatment
Medical professionals have a duty to provide their patients with information about any medical treatment they propose. This enables a patient to give informed consent to the treatment. Generally speaking, a doctor who carries out medical treatment on a patient without that patient's consent is likely to be committing a criminal assault. There are some exceptions to this rule especially in cases where a patient is unable to give valid consent to important treatment. In these circumstances the treatment may still be given if it is in the patient's best interests.This is a complex area of medicine / law and each case is likely to depend on its own facts. Different rules may also apply to patients who come under the auspices of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Children and Consent to Medical Treatment
In principal children under the age of 18 are not able to give valid consent to medical treatment. However, special provisions apply to children aged 16 or 17 who may be able to give valid consent in respect of some types of treatment. Indeed, the courts have held that some younger children may also be able to give valid consent to certain types of treatment. Consent from younger children will depend on the particular child and the treatment in question. This topic also raises issues regarding confidentiality and a child's right to privacy and to receive treatment without their parents' knowledge.Where a minor cannot give valid consent, an adult with parental responsibility for the child will generally have to give consent for any treatment to be lawful. There may be cases where the adult does not consent to the treatment and relies on their right to make decisions about the child's welfare.
If medical professionals believe that a particular treatment is in a child's best interests they may apply for a court order so that the treatment can go ahead. The court may weigh the parent's right to make decisions about their child against the benefit to be derived from the treatment. A court may also be required to make this decision if people with parental responsibility for a child disagree about whether or not they should receive a particular treatment.
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Tt - 31-May-23 @ 4:12 AM
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tyson - 19-Sep-20 @ 9:01 PM
I should also add. There is no treatment on the NHS for my illness.
Jess - 12-Aug-19 @ 2:43 PM
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I want to follow private treatment to get me better. I have no quality of life from this illness and I need hope that I can get better. However to get better I need additional social care and treatment. They are both interlinked. I can’t have one without the other. I have no been able to have a bedbath since April 2018 because of severe ill health.
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Steve - 22-Mar-19 @ 6:32 AM
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mumamafia - 30-Apr-18 @ 2:33 PM
Josh - Your Question:
Hello, I was put on antidepressants at just 9yrs old and was left on them without sufficient monitoring for many years. At the time I was prescribed 2001/02there was no labling surrounding discontinuation (withdrawal problems) or the increased risk of aggression, lability and stastical increase in suicidal behaviour in children adults adolescents under 25. Infant and child trials showed most antidepressantsIneffective in this age group. The pharmaceutical company's had this trial data and held it back and marketed them illegally for children If my parents would have known these points they would not have made the decision in my interest in terms of risk/harm Ratio just for childood anxiety. Im 26 still on these drugs unemployed have attempted suicide and have suffered immensely when attempting to discontinue these drugsI have no idea what the long term effects on me are, and or on a developing brain. What are my human rights if I was a minor and how would you go about changing the law so that young persons have rights and are safeguarded and protected from iatregenic harm caused by greedy business in the pharma sector regarding psychotropic and other potentially harmful practices. Thanks for reading, email me if possible.
Our Response:
We can't answer questions by email. If you want to take action against the drug companies you would need to speak to a legal professional. To change the law, medical evidence would be neeeded etc. Medicines and the way they, come to market, are sold and prescribed are stringently regulated in the UK as is the medical profession itself. To get the law changed, you'd need the backing of MPs and significant evidence.
AboutHumanRights - 13-Apr-18 @ 2:35 PM
Hello, I was put on antidepressants at just 9yrs old and was left on them without sufficient monitoring for many years. At the time I was prescribed 2001/02
there was no labling surrounding discontinuation (withdrawal problems) or the increased risk of aggression, lability and stastical increase in suicidal behaviour in children adults adolescents under 25. Infant and child trials showed most antidepressants
Ineffective in this age group. The pharmaceutical company's had this trial data and held it back and marketed them illegally for children If my parents would have known these points they would not have made the decision in my interest in terms of risk/harm Ratio just for childood anxiety. Im 26 still on these drugs unemployed have attempted suicide and have suffered immensely when attempting to discontinue these drugs
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Fritz - 27-Mar-18 @ 9:21 PM
Satonmybutt- Your Question:
In 2010 I had a knee replacement, since then every time I move that knee I am in ridiculous amounts of pain.I was at the time reliant on a wheelchair anyway but I was still kayaking and able to self propel my chair for miles and would also go swimming.Its now 8 years later and I am now basically housebound, I spent two years pleading with orthopaedic consultants to amputate my left leg above the knee but had no luck and had to stop as it was affecting my mental health. They requested that I see a psychiatrist and she confirmed I wasn't requested due to mental health. I am about to start the process of referals and asking again for an ampuation, I don't expect to walk but I would just like to move with out pain, the consultant said he would do it if he knew it would help. If I didn't have a knee joint, it wouldn't move and cause pain. They did offer to fuse my leg, so no knee just one long leg but I am 6' 4" and that would cause problems like being in the wheelchair, I also wouldn't get in the car and on the toilet would be awkward etc. What are my rights? The consultants say they swore an oath do no harm but by refusing they have caused harm. Being in pain is miserable, day after day with no end. I know I could possibly be in pain after but it wouldn't be made worse by moving. Can I use the law to help me at least have a chance at being able to move without extra pain?
Our Response:
We don't know sorry, you would really need to speak to a legal professional, armed with all the facts of your case.
AboutHumanRights - 6-Mar-18 @ 11:45 AM
In 2010 I had a knee replacement, since then every time I move that knee I am in ridiculous amounts of pain.
I was at the time reliant on a wheelchair anyway but I was still kayaking and able to self propel my chair for miles and would also go swimming.
Its now 8 years later and I am now basically housebound, I spent two years pleading with orthopaedic consultants to amputate my left leg above the knee but had no luck and had to stop as it was affecting my mental health.
They requested that I see a psychiatrist and she confirmed I wasn't requested due to mental health.
I am about to start the process of referals and asking again for an ampuation, I don't expect to walk but I would just like to move with out pain, the consultant said he would do it if he knew it would help. If I didn't have a knee joint, it wouldn't move and cause pain.
They did offer to fuse my leg, so no knee just one long leg but I am 6' 4" and that would cause problems like being in the wheelchair, I also wouldn't get in the car and on the toilet would be awkward etc.
What are my rights?
The consultants say they swore an oath do no harm but by refusing they have caused harm.
Being in pain is miserable, day after day with no end. I know I could possibly be in pain after but it wouldn't be made worse by moving.
Can I use the law to help me at least have a chance at being able to move without extra pain?
Satonmybutt - 3-Mar-18 @ 6:06 PM
KC - Your Question:
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Our Response:
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AboutHumanRights - 21-Feb-18 @ 3:38 PM
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KC - 21-Feb-18 @ 9:41 AM
Kate - Your Question:
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Our Response:
We can't really comment on individual medical cases like this. If you want to investigate/question the actions of the original neuro surgeon, you should follow their complaints procedure intially.
AboutHumanRights - 5-Feb-18 @ 11:45 AM
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mel - 12-Jan-18 @ 4:40 AM
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Go - 6-Dec-17 @ 8:41 PM
Caitlin - Your Question:
I was 15 when I first told people I thought I had Asperger syndrome, I had all the traits and symptoms and I just wanted an opinion. I was thrown back and forth between my GP, Kams, and step 2 for over a year. When my GP FINALLY put in a referral to one of your childhood development centers for attempted suicide and an suspected autism, I was DENIED. The only reason they gave me was because I am over 16, so I was not classed as a child. But I'm also under 18, so I am not classed as and adult. What am I and why wont you see me? stop ignoring me please, I'm scared I will kill myself before I turn 18 and you stop ignoring me!
Our Response:
Our website is purely for advice and we can't give direct help to people. Can you take a look at Young Minds ? There is a list of helplines that you can call.
AboutHumanRights - 29-Nov-17 @ 11:37 AM
I was 15 when i first told people i thought i had Asperger syndrome, i had all the traits and symptoms and i just wanted an opinion. I was thrown back and forth between my GP, Kams, and step 2 for over a year. When my GP FINALLY put in a referral to one of your childhood development centers for attempted suicide and an suspected autism, i was DENIED. The only reason they gaveme was because i am over 16, so i was not classed as a child. But i'm also under 18, so i am not classed as and adult. What am i and why wont you see me? stop ignoring me please, i'm scared i will kill myself before i turn 18 and you stop ignoring me!
Caitlin - 28-Nov-17 @ 5:13 PM
Tiff - Your Question:
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Our Response:
Assuming this was an NHS hospital, you could consider raising this with the Health Ombudsman
AboutHumanRights - 13-Nov-17 @ 12:02 PM
Last night after an attempted suicide I was brought to the hospital by ambulance, my family was meeting me there. Got in and they just started poking me I would ask questions about my treatment, I was ignored. My family arrived they said no visitors. Which really freaked me out so I asked to call my lawyer, my nurse replied "do you have their number" I said no but call my dad and get it off him. And she said ahhh then no. I kept asking what my rights were in there they ignored every question I had. They neglected me when I'd hit the call button and was still ignored left to throw up all over myself finding myself crying "can someone please help me" my nurse finally came in and she said alright stand up I'll change the sheets, she did then left, came back with clean scrubs. Didn't ask to help me clean myself up or anything! I asked to call any of my emergency contacts that request was declined also! Bc it was late, they wouldn't let me talk to anyone! I asked if someone would stay with me since they wouldn't let my family in or let me call them.Brushed it off and no one ever came ... it's messed up Bc I have no wittiness to this neglect, she said if I didn't calm down I was going to
Be blue pages, which means I would not be able to leave. At this point all the medication I was taking was hitting me, I was paranoid and anxious so I tried to stop myself for asking anything due to getting blue papered .. I am home now and all I can think about is how DISGUSTED I was that no one ever explained one thing to me. I was ignored, it was like my life didn't matter to them. And they could
Get away with it Bc it's their words agains mine . I wascrying to my nurse please let me call my mom I am so scared idk what's going to happen I'm freaking out she will calm me down. (And she would've too)I don't know what my options are? I want to make sure this behavior doesn't go unnoticed and it doesn't happen to anyone else.
Tiff - 10-Nov-17 @ 1:13 PM
Lynne and- Your Question:
My husband was going to have a mri scan but was told he couldn’t have on done because he had a coil in his head has this breached his human rights has he has had them in the past the coil is platelum so it doesn’t effect the mri scan
Our Response:
We can't give individual medical advice sorry. You are entitled to ask for a second opinion.
AboutHumanRights - 23-Oct-17 @ 10:52 AM
My husband was going to have a mri scan but was told he couldn’t have on done because he had a coil in his head has this breached his human rights has he has had them in the past the coil is platelum so it doesn’t effect the mri scan
Lynne and - 19-Oct-17 @ 11:16 AM
