Laws relating to health care govern the practice of medicine and other health professions, but also the relationship between patients and their health provider and the delivery of health care services. We have wide experience representing clients ranging from individuals, through medical practices and primary health organisations to district health board level.
Whether you are a consumer or provider of health care services, we can advise you about your rights and your obligations including:
- Competence to decide about treatment and care, and decision-making when the patient cannot make that decision for themselves.
- Privacy of health information and when it can be disclosed.
- The Code of Patients’ Rights (The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumer’s Rights).
- Complaint processes.
- Accident compensation reviews.
Megan Bawden