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Aim
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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. In addition it will highlight forthcoming important
changes to communicable disease control law
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The day will consist of
interactive lectures and discussion groups.
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
1984). He has also contributed to other works, including ‘Know Your
Rights’ (Readers Digest, 1997), ‘Communicable Disease Epidemiology &
Control’ edited by Horman Noah and Mary O’Mahony (Wiley, 1997) and ‘Health
Services Law and Practice’ edited by Maggie Bloom, Dr Andrew Harris and
Shelia 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
experience and popular trainer.
Joining Instructions
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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 tutorial if you have read this in
advance”.
Competencies
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2007 Curriculum |
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6.20 |
Phase 3 |
Apply health
protection principles to services relevant to health protection in
particular settings and in high risk groups (e.g. prisons, with
asylum seekers, in dental health and port health) |
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7.7 |
Phase 3 |
Assess an
individual funding request using sound legal and ethical principles |
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8.4 |
Phase 2 |
Use data with a
full appreciation of the legal and ethical aspects of data
collection, manipulation and release (confidentiality, security,
privacy and disclosure) in order to balance societal benefit with
individual privacy |
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Pre-2007 curriculum |
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2.7 |
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Appreciate the general principles of outbreak management, and
understand the role of the CCDC, health authority, LA, CDSC and
media |
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2.9 |
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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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