Code of Rights 

  • Author: L Kelly
  • Level: 3
  • Study time: 1 hour, 20 mins
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Lesson series
The Code of Rights protects people receiving healthcare in New Zealand, ensuring dignity, respect, and fair treatment. This course covers the 10 rights under the Code, including informed choice, communication, and the right to complain. Learn how these rights apply in practice and what obligations healthcare providers have. Perfect for anyone working in healthcare or support roles, ensuring high standards of care and ethical service delivery.
  • Video time: 1 hour, 20 mins
  • Quiz: 1
  • Assessment: 1

Why this course is important?

The Code of Rights ensures that people receiving healthcare are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness. This course explores the 10 key rights, from being fully informed to making complaints. You’ll learn how to uphold these rights in practice, communicate effectively with clients, and navigate ethical challenges. Understanding the Code is essential for anyone working in health or social care, ensuring the best outcomes for those they support.
Meet the instructor

Leigh Kelly

Leigh Kelly is a New Zealand Registered Nurse who has been working with the elderly and disabled since 1974. Her ADN focused on young physically disabled.

She has been a Charge Nurse at Kenepuru and Greenlane Hospitals Continuing Care Wards, owned her own dementia specific rest home and worked and managed rest homes.

She also has vast experience as a RN in continuing care facilities. 
Patrick Jones - Course author