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Duty of candour and reporting concerns
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Consent
Time to read article: 7 mins
Chaperones
Chaperones
Time to read article: 4 mins
The medical consultation is a challenge to both doctor and patient, whether in the community or in hospital. The need for more detailed discussions with patients, along with their increasing autonomy and right to make choices in relation to their clinical care and treatment, has affected the traditional role of the doctor-patient relationship. This has made maintaining appropriate professional boundaries in the doctor-patient consultation more challenging, however, the guidance from national and regulatory bodies is clear that it is always the health professional's responsibility to do so.
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Duty of candour for GPs and dental practitioners - England
Time to read article: 2 mins
The duty, which was introduced by the government through regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, applies to NHS organisations such as trusts and foundation trusts, to secondary care clinicians, and to bodies including GP practices, dental practices and care homes.
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Professionalism - A Medical Protection Guide
Time to read article: 1 mins
Welcome to Medical Protection’s guide to professionalism, a publication that takes a closer look at what it means to be a professional.
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Chapter 3: Professionalism - Great Expectations
Time to read article: 4 mins
Today’s doctors are working in a constantly evolving environment, where many of the old expectations regarding the role of doctors, nurses and patients are being replaced by new ones. The roles themselves are changing – doctors are clinicians, leaders, teachers, managers, commissioners and purchasers of services.
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Professional expectations
Time to read article: 2 mins
Any doctor who specialises in a particular field would be expected to keep up-todate in that area. This would apply to all fields of medicine. Surgeons with a special interest would be expected to keep up-to-date with developments both in the field of general surgery and their area of special interest.
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Probity
Time to read article: 2 mins
Good Medical Practice advises doctors that they must be honest and trustworthy when signing forms, reports and other documents. It also requires doctors to make sure that any documents they write or sign are not false or misleading
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The GMC's expectations on relationships with patients
Time to read article: 4 mins
Around 7% of allegations heard at fitness-to-practise hearings in 2011 were with regards to relationships with patients. As a doctor’s profession is defined by the duty of care to patients, it follows that standards of professionalism are entwined with the strength of the relationship between doctor and patient.
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