title: A Review of the Impact of the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme in England and Wales.
abstract: This article provides the background to an analysis of the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme in England and Wales. Using evidence from source materials, summary publications, and official reports, it charts a small but important change in the relationship between health and human rights and shows how a small number of National Health Service organizations used a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to develop resources aimed at improving the quality of health services and health outcomes. Through a case study of one participating organization, it examines the development of approaches to measuring the outcomes and impacts of HRBAs. The article argues that because of the way the Programme was set up, it is not likely to provide the level of evidence of impact required to bring about a profound change in the relationship between human rights and health care. There is a need for a different approach that considers the big human rights questions that need to be asked.
authors.affiliation: member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission advisory group to the Human Rights in Health and Social Care Programme, UK.
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dyer
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D014852:Wales