An Update on Healthcare Law: Core Principles for Clinical Practice

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will provide an update on the fundamentals that all healthcare practitioners need to be aware of. Whether you are newly qualified or seasoned in the field seeking a refresher, this session reviews the basic principles and offers critical insights tailored to your clinical responsibilities.

Discover the latest developments in healthcare law that affect day-to-day clinical practice.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Review of the legal obligations in healthcare
• The duty of care and Human Rights in healthcare
• Consent - the impact of the Montgomery and McCulloch judgments
• Allocation of resources and the right to treatment
• Capacity and best interests
• Getting the fundamentals of the Mental Capacity Act right
• What capacity means - the balance of autonomy and paternalism
• How to make best interests decisions robustly
• Care limits and available options
• Difficult decisions: serious medical treatment
• Understanding restraint and deprivation of liberty
• When to involve the Court of Protection
• Deputies, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Advance Decisions to refuse treatment
• Children and healthcare
• A child’s ability to make decisions for themselves - Gillick competence
• The role of parental responsibility
• Challenging cases: treatment and placements for vulnerable children
• Treatment under the Mental Health Act
• Introduction to the Mental Health Act
• Restraint and treatment under the Mental Health Act
• The interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act
• Avoiding and resolving disputes
• Complaints
• Protecting staff and patients

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.