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People who are eligible include the following: If you are pregnant, or have at least one child under 4 years old, and you or your family are receiving one of the following: Income Sup...
NHS wigs and fabric supports NHS wigs and fabric supports (including spinal or abdominal supports or a surgical brassiere) are free to everyone in Northern Ireland, Scotl...
This advice will cover the health and welfare of you and your baby. You will normally be given this advice during your routine antenatal and postnatal care. , Pregnancy Patient currently...
New claimants from 1st February 2011 receive Employment and Support Allowance. Note : this leaflet gives a brief summary of Incapacity Benefit and is for guidance only. , incapacity benefit ...
Income Support. Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance. Income-related Employment and Support Allowance. , Support and welfare Free prescriptions Help with...
It means actively promoting the safety and welfare of all children. The responsibilities of safeguarding All professionals employed by agencies who work with children and all adults who...
An LPA can be drawn up to cover decisions about your health and welfare. If you want to appoint someone to take decisions about your finances and property, this will require a separate LPA.
Once it has been corrected, CLP should not affect a baby's health and welfare. In places where healthcare resources are poor, babies with CLP may fail to feed well.
However, children also face risks to health and welfare. If they are very young, consider whether they would benefit more from that challenging trip when a little older and able to remember a...
General principles of safeguarding children [ 1 ] The child's welfare is paramount. The child's best interests override other considerations such as confidentiality, consent a...
The Act allows people to let an attorney make financial, property, health and welfare decisions. The designated attorney must be aged 18 years or older. The lasting powers of attorney o...
If a patient has appointed a welfare attorney, or there is a court-appointed deputy or guardian, this person, where practicable, must be consulted about treatment decisions.
Beneficence From an ethical viewpoint, morality requires that we not only treat patients autonomously and refrain from harming them, but that we also contribute to their welfare. These benef...
Nomination of a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for health and welfare who is legally empowered to make decisions up to, or including, life sustaining treatment on behalf of the person if ...
They may cover either property and financial affairs and/or health and welfare. If this has not been done but the person is beyond understanding financial matters it is possible to get a C...
However, balancing a respect for the choices of adults who retain capacity, against the desire to promote their welfare, can present genuine dilemmas. Patients and carers need to be inform...
The child's welfare is paramount. Sources of help in child protection Named professionals and child protection leads These are doctors/nurses/midwives...
The NHS Organ Donor Register/Lasting Powers of Attorney for health and welfare/advance statements. Coronial, legal, safeguarding issues. Clinical history. Identity of key family memb...
It is essential therefore that we ensure that decisions regarding sterilisation should be freely made and that there should be no coercion by any partner, family, health or social welfare pro...
A second adult/professional, who could attend primarily to the welfare of the child, should be present to provide explanation and support [ 9 ] . Treatment and management of rec...