Health Law and Ethics

This module is for practitioners registered with the HCPC or NMC who wish to increase their knowledge and critical understanding of professional and ethico-legal issues in the healthcare system. It aims to support students in actively encouraging equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities and to enable them to promote the interests of their clients, particularly when their rights have been compromised.

Module Information

Module Code

NA6161 and NC647 (level 6)

NAM44 (level 7)

Content 

The English legal system and its application to healthcare, western and non-western ethical theories, professional liability and negligence, confidentiality, justice, equality and human rights, mental health. Ethical issues: Children and young people, mental health and the beginnings and endings of life

Entry Requirements  

Applicants at level 6 must possess a DipHE or FdSc or equivalent in a relevant subject and would normally be registered with a Professional and Statutory Regulatory Body e.g. NMC, HCPC. In addition, applicants at level 7 should normally possess a bachelor degree or or evidence of an ability to study at postgraduate level

Assessments

3,500-word essay

Module Leader

Wendy Hadley

Module Dates

2024-25 Semester 2 – Falmer, Brighton Campus (dates subject to change)

February 6, 13, 20
March 6, 13, 20
April 17, 24

2023-24 Semester 2 – Falmer, Brighton Campus:

February 8, 15, 22
March 7, 14, 21
April 18, 25

 Fees 

If you are choosing this module as part of a postgraduate or community course, please contact fees@brighton.ac.uk for specific information on the fee for this module

If you are taking this as a single module or part of the BSc / Grad Cert/ PG Cert Clinical Practice or BSc (Hons) Professional Practice course, the module fee is:

2024-25 £1,170

2023-24 £1,122

Further Information

Please contact SHS-CPE-Admissions@brighton.ac.uk for further information about the module

This module can be taken as part of a course, including:

BSc (Hons) Professional Practice

MSc Health / MSc Health and Education / MSc Health and Management