Legal aspects of care in the community

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Introduction.- PART A: CLIENTS Clients and Community Care Consent to Treatment Entry and Removal from Premises Confidentiality Access to Health Records.- PART B: PROFESSIONALS Professional Liability Special Situations Health and Safety 1 Health and Safety 2 Record Keeping and Reports Specific Professionals Community Nurses Community Psychiatric Nurses Midwives School and Occupational Health Nurses Specialist Nurses Health Visitors Practice Nurses Professions Supplementary to Medicine Pharmacists and Medicines Private Practitioners Social Workers Volunteers.- PART C: STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS Health Authorities and Trusts Family Health Service Authorities and Independent Practitioners GP Fundholding Practices Local Authorities -Voluntary and Other Agencies Enforcement Provisions.- PART D: ACCOMMODATION Duties of Local Authorities Registered Homes: Residential Homes Nursing Homes Tribunals and Complaints Housing Corporations and Associations Planning Provisions.- PART E: FINANCE Social Security Provisions Handling Clients Property.- Appendices.- Government, UKCC Circulars etc.- Addresses.- Glossary.- Bibliography.