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South West Public Health Training Scheme Tutorial Programme
Public Health Law
Wednesday 12th July 2006
Sandford Education Centre,
Keynsham Road,
Cheltenham
GL53 7PY
Tel: 08454 222880
Directions
Objectives
The aim of this course is to enable delegates to identify legal issues, to have an understanding of the law that may surround those issues and develop a practical approach to legal problem solving.
The day will consist of a combination of lectures, discussion groups and workshops. Each is designed to allow plenty of delegate interaction.
Trainer
James is a solicitor and Principal of James Button & Co., Solicitors, which includes the Public Health Legal Information Unit. He has considerable Local Government and NHS experience gained at Manchester City and South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Councils, and Manchester Health Authority.
He has written "Communicable Disease Control - A Practical Guide to the Law for Health and Local Authorities in England and Wales" (Department of Health 1994). He has also contributed to other works, including “Know Your Rights” (Readers Digest 1997), “Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Control” edited by Norman Noah and Mary O’Mahony (Wiley 1997) and “Health Services Law and Practice” edited by Maggie Bloom, Dr Andrew Harris and Sheila Waddington (Butterworths 2001).
In 1992 he was instrumental in creating the Public Health Legal Information Unit, a DoH/Welsh Office project aimed at “increasing the awareness of Public Health Practitioners in the law that affects them”. The Public Health Legal Information Unit is now part of James Button & Co. He is a highly experienced and popular trainer.
Joining instructions
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There is an upper limit of 20 people who can attend the course.
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You should read the attached document “An Introduction to the English Legal System”. James advises that “you will derive a great deal more benefit from the course if you have read this before the first session”.
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Try and bring a copy of "Communicable Disease Control - A Practical Guide to the Law for Health and Local Authorities in England and Wales", AKA "The Blue Book" which was distributed to every Director of Public Health, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control and Chief Environmental Health Officer in 1994. Although it is some time ago, it is still widely used in many public health and environmental health departments.
Timetable for the day
| 9:30 |
Coffee on arrival |
| 10:00
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The English Legal System – Consideration of the Pre-course Material
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| 11.00 | Coffee/tea |
| 11.30 |
Communicable Disease Control
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Workshop on matters discussed |
| 2.30 |
Tea |
| 3.00 |
Port health |
| 4:00 |
Depart |
RITA competencies addressed by the tutorial (whole/part)
| 2.7 | Appreciate the general principles of outbreak management, and understand the role of the CCDC, health authority, LA, CDSC and media |
| 2.9 | Be familiar with the legal aspects of the following: the law relating to public health, Port Health, Section 47 National Assistance Act 1948, Human Rights Act 1998 and other relevant legislation |
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