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
David Ferris, Business Development
Manager on 0151 242 6926.