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Confidentiality – General principles - Scotland
Time to read article: 6 mins
Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure; disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality.
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Confidentiality - General principles - England
Time to read article: 6 mins
Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure, disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality.
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Statement of fitness for work
Time to read article: 2 mins
Fit note is an informal name for the Statement of Fitness for Work. The Statement intends to advise patients who are on sick leave for more than seven days on whether, with extra support from their employer, they could return to work.
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Confidentiality – General principles - Northern Ireland
Time to read article: 6 mins
Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure; disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality.
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Life in the locum lane
Time to read article: 6 mins
Dr Robin Chesters had been a partner in a practice for six years before he bit the bullet and decided to launch his career as a locum GP. Sara Williams asks: What’s so great about locuming?
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Dos and don'ts of telephone consultations
Time to read article: 1 mins
Document telephone consultations contemporaneously.
Obtain and document a thorough history. Telephone consultations do not give a GP the opportunity to assess clinical signs.
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An inspector calls
Time to read article: 6 mins
Julie Price, Clinical Risk Programme Manager, investigates whether practices are handling controlled drugs safely
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Care in the community
Time to read article: 5 mins
One of the biggest risks in treating elderly patients in nursing homes is communication. Dr Rachel Birch, a sessional GP and MPS medicolegal adviser, reviews a case where communication failure led to patient harm. she then answers typical medicolegal queries around community care
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Dealing with non-compliant patients
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr Richard Stacey provides a step-by-step approach to dealing with patients who do not comply
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