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Mersey Care

Mersey Care NHS Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services for adults in Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. It has a wider role too, providing medium secure services for Merseyside and Cheshire, and high secure services covering the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales. The Trust has a human rights-based approach to the provision of services and is committed to the rights of service users to be involved in decisions that affect their lives.

For further information visit www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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Case Studies from Mersey Care

How Carol used the Human Rights Act to live with independence

Carol Legge is proud of the terraced house where she lives.She is supported by professional carers who ensure she can manage as independently as possible within the community and with the least level of control or interference in what is, after all, her life.

But Carol, who is a service user with learning disabilities, sadly remembers this was not always the case. It’s a past she does not like to dwell on, but has come to understand there is a major difference in the way her...

How Sarah used the Human Rights Act to improve the rights of young carers

Listening to other people and responding to their views is an essential part of treating everyone with equality, respect and fairness. But one group coming into contact with mental health services – young carers – felt ignored.

Helping them voice their needs has been children’s charity Barnardos, which through its Action for Young Carers project has been working in partnership with Mersey Care to ensure their rights, and the rights of their family members, are...

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Case Studies from Mersey Care

How Carol used the Human Rights Act to live with independence

How Sarah used the Human Rights Act to improve the rights of young carers