EOLC Advanced Legal Issues Masterclass
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Objectives:
- to familiarise delegates with the provisions of a range of law, including the Mental Capacity Act, the Human Rights Act 1998 and common law principles such as the public interest principle
- to enable delegates to discuss interesting case law developments, such as the PC Paul Briggs case on end of life care and the extent to which deprivations of liberty will arise in clinical environments
- to provide practical information of the legal status of key documents such as lasting powers of attorney and advance decisions to refuse treatment
- to provide an understanding of the rules of confidentiality as they relate to safeguarding
- to make practitioners more confident in how they use and apply the law in difficult situations
- to provide an update on future law reform developments in relation to health and social care
- to familiarise delegates with the provisions of a range of law, including the Mental Capacity Act, the Human Rights Act 1998 and common law principles such as the public interest principle
- to enable delegates to discuss interesting case law developments, such as the PC Paul Briggs case on end of life care and the extent to which deprivations of liberty will arise in clinical environments
- to provide practical information of the legal status of key documents such as lasting powers of attorney and advance decisions to refuse treatment
- to provide an understanding of the rules of confidentiality as they relate to safeguarding
- to make practitioners more confident in how they use and apply the law in difficult situations
- to provide an update on future law reform developments in relation to health and social care