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• Where to start if you have a problem with the NHS

  Overview of dealing with NHS and social services problems, covering the types of service you can complain about and the types of action you can take.

  • In:
  • Health
  • NHS and social care complaints
  • Complaining about the NHS

• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering.

  • In:
  • Law and courts
  • Civil rights
  • Human rights
  • What rights are protected under the Human Rights Act?

• Your right to personal liberty

  Explains how the right to personal liberty is protected by article 5 of the Human Rights Act 1998 meaning you cannot be detained for reasons other than criminal activity or mental health issues.

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  • Law and courts
  • Civil rights
  • Human rights
  • What rights are protected under the Human Rights Act?

• Council Tax - second adult rebate

  Second adult rebate or alternative maximum Council Tax Reduction (CTR), who qualifies for it, how the second adult's income is worked out and how much the second adult rebate is.

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  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income
  • Help with your Council Tax - Council Tax Reduction

• Child abuse - what can happen after a child protection conference

  Explains what happens after a Child Protection Conference has taken place, covering drawing up a child protection plan and whether further legal action may be taken.

  • In:
  • Family
  • Children and young people
  • Child abuse
  • Local authority involvement
  • Child protection conferences

• How are your human rights protected by the courts?

  Explains how courts must protect human rights when applying the law and which laws the courts must apply, even if they breach the Human Rights Act 1998.

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  • Law and courts
  • Civil rights
  • Human rights

• Help with health costs

  Help with the costs of prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses and contact lenses, travel to hospital costs and wigs and fabric supports.

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  • Health
  • Help with health costs

• Your circumstances have changed - debt relief orders

  Explains the types of change in your circumstances that you must report to the Official Receiver and what could happen if you do not report them.

  • In:
  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Debt relief orders
  • While a debt relief order is in place

• Changes that affect your PIP

  Changes you need to report that might affect your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim and how to report them.

  • In:
  • Benefits
  • Sick or disabled people and carers
  • Personal Independence Payment

• Child maintenance enforcement - deductions from your benefits

  Deductions from certain benefits to pay off child maintenance arrears that have been arranged by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) under the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme.

  • In:
  • Family
  • Children and young people
  • Child maintenance
  • 2012 Scheme
  • Enforcement