John Fitzsimons – författare

Every day, doctors are faced with the challenge of keeping the people they treat safe and free from harm. Patient safety is a relatively new field of study, but the field is expanding and there is now better understanding of what is needed to measure and achieve safety for patients. The Handbook of Patient Safety will empower doctors, nurses and other professionals to be able to develop safe clinical processes that allow proactive management and minimisation of risk, so that people are not harmed when they receive clinical care. It gives the rationale for patient safety, the theories behind the science of patient safety and then the practical methods that frontline staff can use on a daily basis to decrease harm.Pocket sized and practical, this handbook is the ideal guide to support frontline staff and trainees, as well as all allied professionals in the name of patient safety. It reflects the World Health Organization's Patient Safety Curriculum and is written by international experts in their field who have specialist interests and direct expertise in dealing with patient safety issues. This book will demystify what is often seen as a complex topic, helping doctors understand the methods needed to provide safe care.

Information, and what we or others do with it, is widely regulated and is increasingly the subject of litigation and public and private concern. Issues of data protection, privacy and information law are encountered in almost all areas of law and practice. This book provides clear and accessible guidance on these complicated and pervasive legal subjects.The authors of Data Protection, Privacy and Information Law set out a practical step by step road map for navigating the different (and sometimes overlapping or clashing) legal regimes applicable to information, providing their expertise on:what legal principles apply, how they interact with other rights and obligations, and how they are enforced in practicethe data protection regime, including UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018privacy and the obligations contained in the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003the misuse of private information detailing the interplay between tort and human rights lawUK's freedom of information regime including Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004associated areas including confidentiality, privilege, disclosure and defamationobligations on online service providers under the Online Safety Act 2023the practice and procedure of enforcement, including an overview of the appeals process.Data Protection, Privacy and Information Law provides clear and accessible guidance on the numerous aspects of information law commonly encountered by legal practitioners.