Health and Social Care Legal Training programme
Why is there a need
for legal training ?
NHS staff have wide ranging and increasingly
complex responsibilities in regard to how patients and staff are
treated.
Patients, carers and society are becoming more
assertive in the pursuit of accountability or compensation.
Legislation relating to the rights of staff and
patients is rapidly changing and breaches increasingly expose NHS
organisations, managers and individual members of staff to either
civil or criminal action through the courts.
What can Weightmans do to
help?
Weightmans has expertise in all areas of
health and social care law, through their specialist health and
social care team and extensive commercial practice. Weightmans has
a proven track record in delivering training to NHS, local
authority clients and those in the third sector as well as the
independent sector.
NHS Training
Weightmans provide training on all aspects of
Healthcare law to numerous NHS bodies. The following topics are
suggested but can be tailored and adapted to meet your specific
needs:
- consent to treatment
- rights of patients under the Mental Health Acts
- the Mental Capacity Act 2005, specifically regarding the rights
of patients to make their own decisions about care
- withholding of treatment
- privacy and confidentiality of healthcare treatment
- responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act
1974
- incident reporting, investigation and preparation for
appearances at the Coroners’ (or other) Courts
- avoidance of litigation for NHS bodies
- legal issues arising from the healthcare of children
- legal aspects of Infection Control policies
- assuring the legal robustness of clinical governance and risk
management processes
- requirements of Human Rights legislation for both staff and
patients
- employment rights for staff.
Health and Social Care
training
Weightmans, with its dedicated, specialist
team, provides training in all aspects of health and social care
law. Among the subjects we cover are the statutory and other
provisions governing:
- consent – including the
common law and the High Court
- the treatment and care of hospital patients –
including delayed discharges
- the care and treatment of incapable people –
including the Mental Capacity Act
- deprivation of liberty –
including the Bournewood case and the Deprivation of Liberty
Safeguards
- the treatment of children –
including the Children Act 1989 and wardship proceedings
- the care and treatment of people with mental
disorder – including the Mental Health Acts of 1983 &
2007
- child care proceedings –
including secure accommodation
- after-care – including
commissioning responsibilities
- NHS continuing care
- community care
- vulnerable adults – including
the No Secrets guidance, the National Assistance
Act and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act
- abuse and sex offenders –
including the Sexual Offences Act
- inquests – including the new
reforms
- judicial review
- confidentiality, data protection and freedom of
information – including tribunal proceedings
- disclosure and public interest immunity
- the prevention of violence and harassment
within the NHS
How will the training be
provided?
We have designed all our training sessions to
slot into your own ‘on site’ training programmes. Upon discussion
with you, the sessions and topics suggested can be specially
tailored to suit any audience (consultants, managers etc..) and the
content can be adapted to your specifications.
For further information on how to book a
training session or for more information on costs and tailoring a
training package to suit your individual needs, please contact
Tony Yeaman,
Partner - Head of Healthcare, on 0121 200
8108.