Healthcare Law - An Unmissable Update

Introduction

This 3-hour virtual classroom seminar will take you through several recent changes in healthcare law.

Additionally, the seminar will provide a refresher of the fundamentals that all healthcare practitioners need to be aware of.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast will cover the following:

• Available Options
• How resources are allocated lawfully
• The limits of patient choice
• Controversial examples such as DNACPR
• Consent
• Providing information - the Montgomery decision
• Planning for the future - appointing LPAs, and advance decisions to refuse 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
• When to involve the Court of Protection
• Children and Parents
• A child’s ability to make decisions for themselves - Gillick competence
• The role of parental responsibility
• Disputes over treatment and the role of the court - case studies of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans, and potential changes to the law
• Deprivation of Liberty and Preparation for the LPS
• The role of Article 5 ECHR in the context of medical treatment - the Ferreira judgment
• Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards into the Liberty Protection Safeguards
• The reform of MCA s4B for emergencies
• Avoiding and Resolving Disputes
• Communications and clarity
• Use of mediation
• The role of the court

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.