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Legal advice

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Liability for carelessness is given legal expression in the law relating to negligence. A patient harmed by the carelessness of a healthcare assistant can take...

Best interests

18 February 2015

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Healthcare assistants must always act in a patient’s best interests.

Legal advice

20 August 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Frequently, I am asked by healthcare assistants (HCAs) what the Mental Capacity Act 2005 has to do with their practice as they are not concerned with formal...

Conduct

19 November 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Although healthcare assistants (HCAs) are not registered practitioners, they are still accountable to a range of people who regulate their conduct.

Immunisation and the law: compulsion or parental choice?

19 November 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

A debate has been developing in Nursing Standard on the issue of childhood immunisations. This article adds to the discussion by considering the likelihood of...

Legal advice: Richard Griffith on duty of confidence

28 November 2012

Nursing Standard

Careers

All patients, including those who have died, have the right to their personal health information being kept confidential.

Legal advice

23 May 2012

Nursing Standard

Careers

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are increasingly being asked to provide care and treatment that would previously have been undertaken by registered nurses. The correct...

Legal advice: Richard Griffith on HCAs and the law

22 August 2012

Nursing Standard

Careers

Accountability means being legally answerable for your work and conduct. It is fundamental to the protection of people in the care of healthcare assistants (HCAs).

Legal advice

22 May 2013

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

There is little doubt that electronic records are the future in the NHS. The government has reasserted its commitment to allowing patients in England to view their...

Legal advice

20 February 2013

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

A patient’s care and treatment may involve sharing information with relatives. Healthcare assistants (HCAs) must exercise caution, however, in observing their duty...

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