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Capacity is designed to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment. It applies to people aged 16 and over. For example in dentistry this may apply to someone when they doesnt have full controll over decisions they have to make this could be when an individual may have something as such as dementia.

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Patients with additional needs.

in dentistry some dentists may be able to treat some patients with special needs however some may not as the patient may not be able to the dental surgery because of their condition, in this case the patient would be referred to a specialist dentist.

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Gillick consent refers to the legal concept established in by Gillick judgement in the UK where children under the age of 16 can consent to their own treatment if they are believed to have enough intelligence to do so. If not then parents can step in and consent for them.

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The Montgomery judgement involves what a patient would consider to be a material risk, the doctor then has to take a duty of care for the patient to make sure the patient is fully aware of the treatment and any risks it might bring.

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Treatment planning is there so that patients can have a full understanding of what is going to and what is happening when it comes to treatment this is so they can understand the financial cost, some risks and the different steps of the treatment to result in the end of the treatment.

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Current data protection, the current act in place to ensure your data protection is the data protection act (2018) this act is there, this means that everyone who is responsible for using personal data is not using it for unexplicit purposes. if someone who is working with personal data breaks this law this can result in damaging your companies reputation and in worse cases result in your workplace closing down.

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Everybody is entitled to human rights, They apply to everybody regardless of any situation or condition. These rights are put into place to ensure that every individual is treated the same this could be in work, hospitals and any other public space this is to ensure no individual is discriminated against and everybody gets the same equal treatment.

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In a dental practice an act as such as the child protection act is specific guidelines and legal obligations to protect children. The general dental council put this act in place so that if the practitioner suspects a child may be being mistreated they can report the issue and measures will be put into place to resolve this, the best interests for the child must be always put first.

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An individual that is described as being venerable is seen to be in need of special care, in need of support, or protection due to age disability or health issues.

In the NHS venerable adults are described to be any person over the age of 18 who isn't able to take care of themselves or protect themselves from exploitation, because of this things are put into place in public spaces and workplaces to ensure that an adult who is venerable is getting the right treatment/care

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Health and wellbeing

The care act (2014) and the health and social care act (2012) both support health and wellbeing in England, these laws are put into place to ensure that individuals are are in a safe and clean clinical environment when visiting practice staff are trained in thing such as infection control, and on safety procedures, Propper waste disposal and maintaining a clean sterile environment.

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The prevent duty was put into place in 2015 to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism this ensures that everyone is safe in your workplace and to prevent the terrorism rate from multiplying.

The British values provide a foundation for a harmonious workplace some examples for this is, Accountability and leadership, meetings of the team and giving fair feedback each one of these British values when played out in the workplace will ensure everybody is treated equally and fairly.