Practical strategies for meeting the NHS Plan and legal requirements
15th March 2002, Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre, London

Topics include:

• Update - Data Protection, Human Rights and the Health and Social Care Act
• Requirements of the NHS Plan commitment to patient-centred consent
• The latest on model consent forms and the model consent policy
• The practicalities of consent - implied or informed?
• Consent for research purposes
• Sharing information - consent and confidentiality dilemmas
• Confidentiality guidance - clearing up the confusion
• Information governance and risk
• Information security and the next stage for Caldicott