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| Protecting vulnerable people | | Author(s) | Sue Slipman |
| Corporate Author | Protecting Vulnerable People Sub-Group, Better Regulation Task Force, Office of Public Service, Cabinet Office |
| Publisher | Better Regulation Task Force, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 38 pp |
| Source | Better Regulation Task Force, Room 1.2, 35 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BQ. |
| Keywords | Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; At risk ; Rights [elderly] ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | The impact of regulation on vulnerable people is examined. This report advises regulators to use two key tests to ascertain who needs help. Firstly, capacity: although hard to measure, this should assess people's mental and physical capacity to participate fully in society. Secondly, circumstance, which should include not only age, race and gender, but also levels of income and where a person lives. The Sub-Group discusses some of the factors which need to be considered when identifying and tackling vulnerability in the UK. Reference is made to the Task Force's principles of better regulation: accountability, transparency, proportionality, targeting, and consistency. The report has 11 recommendations for policy makers involved in providing support for vulnerable people. These relate to: information and data; participation; and setting of national standards in line with principles of better regulation. Other recommendations concern the roles of professional institutions, agencies, consumer groups, local and central government, and companies. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) should publish a range of examples of best practice in promoting the interests of vulnerable people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001130002 B |
| Classmark | Q3: CA3: IKR: 583 |
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