The Practice Manager's Law Handbook: A Ready Reference to the Law for Managers of Medical General Practices

Awareness of the law is an essential part of any medical practice manager's role and is becoming even more important as patients and employees are becoming more litigation conscious. Every doctor in general practice must take note of the legal rights of different classes of people such as patients, employees, visitors to the surgery, and suppliers of goods and services to the practice, to ensure that these rights are not infringed in any way. Additionally the doctor must have a general knowledge of his/her own rights and how to seek redress when he/she is wronged. This handbook is designed to provide a practical guide to the law in easily understandable language and does not pretend to be a formal textbook on the law. It describes the main features of the law that are likely to impact a medical general practice, in a user-friendly well-illustrated fashion. Complex legal minutiae have been stripped away to help the non-lawyer gain an understanding of the law.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction to the Law (pages 1–7): Chapter 2 Administrative Law (pages 8–25): Chapter 3 Criminal Law (pages 26–31): Chapter 4 Private or Civil Law (pages 32–43): Chapter 5 The Law and the Practice as a Business Undertaking (pages 45–51): Chapter 6 Workplace Health and Safety (pages 52–85): Chapter 7 Personal Data ? Protection and Access (pages 87–104): Chapter 8 Confidentiality and Privacy (pages 105–118): Chapter 9 The Security of Confidential Information (pages 119–127): Chapter 10 Contracts of Employment (pages 128–161): Chapter 11 Pay and Conditions of Work (pages 162–186): Chapter 12 Discrimination in Employment (pages 187–202): Chapter 13 Trade Unions, Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (pages 203–212): Chapter 14 Consumer Protection and Product Liability (pages 213–226): Chapter 15 Sudden Deaths and the Coroner (pages 227–238): Chapter 16 Mental Health Law (pages 239–247):