Description
This is a joint meeting run between the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).
This meeting has been put together due to the demand from RSM and FOM members and others, who give advice on health and work. This also includes a discussion on the interface between legal issues and professional ethics in the changing context for our practice.
The meeting will look into the updated guidance published by the GMC in 2017 on confidentiality and consent, including that relevant to employment, the publication of the updated guidance by the FOM on ethics in occupational health practice, and the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The morning will begin with Dr Steve Boorman, Chair of the FOM Ethics Committee, discussing common ethical issues relevant to health and work, as identified by the FOM Ethics Committee, and colleagues in health and work practice.
Professor Diana Kloss, a former Employment Tribunal Chair and expert in employment law and data protection, will further delegates understanding by setting out the legal basis for the use of data in occupational health practice.
Speakers will then turn to areas of specific legal and ethical challenges. The final speaker, Mr Mark Landon, an expert in employment law and in particular in the context of disabilities, and a member of the FOM Ethics Committee, will round off the academic input through discussion of legal, ethical and commercial considerations.
With experts across these fields speaking, there will be the opportunity to engage in discussion periods at the end of each of the morning and the afternoon sessions.
topics include:
The legal basis for consent, data processing and retention of information under GDPR
Examples of best practice in keeping with legal and ethical requirements in work and health
Enabling confident engagement with employers, employees and others on key legal and ethical issues relevant to current practice in work and health
Enabling confident engagement when giving advice on recruitment and retention of those with long term health conditions and disabilities
key speakers:
Professor Diana Kloss, a former Employment Tribunal Chair and expert in employment law and data protection
Dr Steve Boorman, Chair of the FOM Ethics Committee
Mr Mark Landon, an expert in employment law and a member of the FOM Ethics Committee
bursary places
All bursary places have been filled. However if you would like to be put on the waiting list please contact the Event Coordinator on occupational@rsm.ac.uk.
rates
RSM member: £30 – £93
Non-member: £30 – £155
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agenda
8.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee
9.00 am
Welcome and administrative brief
Dr Ian Aston, Consultant Occupational Physician, Former Academic Dean, Faculty of Occupational Medicine and Dr Robin Cordell, President Occupational Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Morning Session: Legal and ethical issues relevant to current practice in work and health
9.05 am
Introduction to the meeting
Dr Ian Aston
9.15 am
Case one: Common ethical issues in work and health and Faculty of Occupational Medicine on ethics occupational health
Dr Steve Boorman CBE, Chair of the Council for Work and Health, and Chair of the Faculty of Occupational Ethics Committee
9.45 am
Case two: Legal basis for the use of data in occupational health practice, and the legal basis for consent
Professor Diana Kloss MBE, Barrister, Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine Ethics Committee
10.30 am
Tea and coffee break
11.00 am
Case three: Health surveillance, confidentiality and occupational health records
Dr Steve Forman, Principal Medical Adviser, Health and Safety Executive
11.30 am
Case four: Confidentiality and fitness to practice of healthcare staff; consent, coercion and conversations “on the quiet”
Dr Ali Hashtroudi, Consultant Occupational Physician, Head of National School of Occupational Health, and Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine Ethics Committee
12.00 pm
Case five: Panel discussion – so what do we consider are the key legal and ethical issues relevant to current practice in work and health?
All morning speakers. Chair: Dr Ian Aston
12.30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon session: The law, ethics and record keeping in work and health practice
1.30 pm
Introduction
Dr Robin Cordell, President Occupational Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
1:35 pm
Case six: Occupational health records – retention, transfer and access requests
Sue Carty, Occupational Health Specialist, Medgate
2.05 pm
Case seven: Data protection in research
Dr Ira Madan, Consultant Occupational Physician
2.35 pm
Tea and coffee break
3.05 pm
Case eight: Legal, ethical and commercial aspects of employing those with disabilities
Mark Landon, Partner, Weightmans LLP, Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine Ethics Committee
3.50 pm
Panel discussion – What else can we do to ensure practice in work and health is both legal and ethical, and compliant with data protection requirements
All afternoon speakers. Chair: Dr Cordell
4.20 pm
Concluding remarks
Dr Robin Cordell, President of Occupational Medicine Section, Royal Society of Occupational Medicine
4.25 pm
Completion of evaluation forms and close of meeting