Our health, and our right to a decent standard of healthcare, has never been more important.
But good healthcare is always our right, and everyone has the right to equal healthcare without discrimination – not healthcare on the basis of wealth, class, gender, immigration status or race. We can all expect fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy from our health service. That is what a rights-based approach to healthcare means.
In 2019, the Health and Information Quality Authority (HIQA) published some guidance for healthcare professionals on what a rights-based approach to healthcare means for them and how they can implement the above principles in their work.
ICCL provided expert advice to HIQA for this guide. You can access it here: https://www.hiqa.ie/sites/default/files/2019-11/Human-Rights-Based-Approach-Guide.PDF
