A highly interesting bitesize session using real cases as examples to focus on the following topics -

Trust and Communication in a clinical context
Consent and the relevant information to give a patient
Compensation culture, claims, and why people bring claims
Candour and apologies

A huge thank you to our trainer, Ben Troke, partner at Weightmans LLP, for delivering this session!

Ben has 25 years’ experience working as a lawyer in the health and social care sector and is a Partner at the Weightmans Leeds office. Acting for health and social care providers and commissioners nationwide, including the NHS, local authorities and private sector, Ben has been rated as one of the leading Court of Protection lawyers in the country for more than a decade.

Ben's expertise covers issues of consent and mental health and mental capacity/best interests decision making, both for adults and children, as well as wider issues around delayed or disputed discharges, deprivation of liberty, safeguarding, confidentiality and duty of candour. Ben routinely deals with out of hours and emergency issues about medical treatment, including urgent court applications.

Ben has a masters' degree in medical law and ethics, and is also a qualified mediator, with a particular interest in the use of mediation to resolve medical treatment disputes outside court.