HIEDA – Medical Consent (including Gillick Competency)

Name: HIEDA – Medical Consent (including Gillick Competency)
Start: 2024-09-27T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-27T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Online – Zoom

September 27 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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Date: September 27, 2024
Time: 14:30 -15:30
Cost: HIEDA Member Rate: £90, HIEDA Additional Full Member Fee: £45, Non-member Rate: £180*
Audience: Anyone who supports young people who may experience disclosures relating to safeguarding, Nurses, Boarding staff
Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Course outline:

The purpose of this webinar is to understand the concept of Gillick competence and consent in the school setting. It will refer to both safeguarding and medical issues, reflect on the law and documentation.

Training topics will include:

The law
The code
Consent
Gillick competence.

Learning outcomes:

To understand the role of the adult with consent of a young person
To understand Gillick competence
To learn how we should manage gaining and documenting consent.

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Speaker:

Louise Howel, HIEDA Nurse Advisor

Louise Howel is a paediatric nurse with experience in children’s A & E, plastics and respiratory care. Health visitor for ten years. Nine years experience in independent school nursing working in a mix of boarding and day school settings. Six years experience as Health centre manager most recently at Wycliffe College.