Useful
Information
Adults
with incapacity - managing the financial and
welfare affairs of people who are unable to manage them for themselves
Child Protection
and the Dental Team (link
to external website)
Civil
Contingencies Act
Confidentiality
Data Protection
Act scams - a number of bogus
agencies are operating across the UK demanding money to register organisations
under the Data Protection Act
Discrimination legislation
Diverting
phones in the event of a power cut - BT service: 0800 800 111
Fire inspection scams
- bogus organisations charging for carrying out fire safety checks
Freedom
of Information Act - a summary of key points
about this legislation, on which practices need to take action
Hazardous Waste Regulations
Health & Safety scams
- companies asking for a fee to ensure compliance with health and
safety law
Junk
mail, email and faxes, unsolicited phone calls - how to stop them
Mobile phones and
hand-held devices -
employers could be held liable and risk fines of up to £2,500
if they 'cause or permit' employees to use their mobile phones
without a hands-free kit whilst driving
Music/TV in the
waiting room - you must have
a licence
Non-hazardous waste regulations
'Out
Of Office' reply to emails - how to set up Outlook
Phishing scams
Practice
leaflets (required under GDS and PDS
contracts) (link to external
website)
Smoking ban in public
places & workplaces
Software
licences - Copyright & Trademarks
Act (criminal offence to use illegal software)
Useful
websites
Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment