Stewarts Law Webinars

Webinar 2023: What is informed consent?

Date: Thursday 19th January 2023 / Time: 6pm / Location: Online via Zoom

Stewarts and NACCS are pleased to organise a webinar covering issues relating to
determining consent to medical treatment and how to deal with obtaining consent
where a patient’s capacity may be in question.

This will focus on the most recent changes in the law relating to informed consent combining this with guidance from the OPG/NHS/GMC and other national bodies as to how to properly deal with disclosing information and obtaining the patient’s consent to treatment.

This session will feature an introduction from Dr Craig Carroll (Honorary Treasurer NACCS and
Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust) and will cover the
following:

• Law on Consent Past, Present and Future
• A summary of the move forward made by Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board
• How should Consent be taken, common issues/errors and claims that have been brought
• Examples of specific cases relating to Consent
• Explanation of the tools available to clinicians where capacity is in doubt
• Understanding about the pre-emptive steps that a patient can take to protect decision-making post incapacity and how a clinician should deal with these
• Q & A will follow

Visit the NACCS Stewarts Law webpage here: https://naccs.org.uk/about/industry-partnership/stewarts/

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Webinar 2022: A lawyer’s guide to avoid being sued

Date: Monday 21 March 2022 / Time: 6.00pm/ Location: Online via Zoom

Find a video recording of the webinar here

Stewarts and NACCS are pleased to organise to a webinar covering clinical negligence claims and how to avoid them.

This session will feature an introduction from Dr Craig Carroll (Honorary Treasurer NACCS and
Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust) and will cover the
following:

Clinical negligence claims – general principles and why poor care or a bad outcome often does not lead to a claim
• How common are negligence claims today in the UK?
• Common mistakes and how to avoid them – Continuity of care, communication, record keeping,
administrative errors
• Examples of specific cases relating to anaesthesia and critical care
• The importance of indemnity insurance for clinicians – NHS vs Private Practice
• Q and A

Visit the NACCS Stewarts Law webpage here: https://naccs.org.uk/about/industry-partnership/stewarts/

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