cd6873d7_ghts_in_health_and_social_care__What_it_means
[Human Right] The right not to be discriminated against [Examples of relevant issues] Access to medical treatment or community care services, based on age, disability, gender or ethnic origin etc Information or options presented in inaccessible ways Failing to offer food to take account of cultural differences such as kosher or halal foods [What it means] 
Discrimination can be direct or indirect. This right does not apply on its own. An individual can only use the human rights act to argue discrimination if another human right is breached. However, the right not to be discriminated may have been breached under other legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Dementia Rights - Examples of human rights in health and social care
What it means