Course description
This virtual classroom seminar will provide an outline of recent developments in key legal themes affecting health and social care practice for mental health lawyers. It will include practical examples, case studies and the opportunity to test learning in breakout sessions.
Join specialist Simon Lindsay as he discusses changes in the way capacity assessments should be undertaken and reported, treatment under the Mental Health Act, and managing disputes about best interests, plus much more.
Simon is a partner in the Health & Care Regulatory team at Bevan Brittan LLP, with a special interest in mental health and mental capacity law. Be sure to tune in to benefit from his expertise on this topic.
Upcoming start dates
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Training Course Content
Introduction
This virtual classroom seminar will provide an outline of recent developments in key legal themes affecting health and social care practice for mental health lawyers. It will include practical examples, case studies and the opportunity to test learning in breakout sessions.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive course will cover the following:
- Changes in the way capacity assessments should be undertaken and reported
- What is an impairment
- How to deal with fluctuating capacity
- What is relevant information?
- Treatment under the Mental Health Act
- What is appropriate treatment
- Covert medication
- The limits of treatment under the Act
- Managing disputes about best interests
- Serious medical treatment cases
- Evidence, agreements and injunctions
Expenses
MBL Seminars Limited
MBL is a leading learning and development provider for professional service firms. Over the past 18 years, more than 198,000 people across 23,000 different organisations spanning 81 countries, have chosen us to deliver their training. With over 800 expert speakers...