GP dilemma: Handling a power of attorney request
How should GPs deal with power of attorney requests? Dr Rachel Birch from Medical Protection explain...
GPs refuse to collect data on patients' immigration status
GPs are crossing out the supplementary questions section of new GMS1 forms because they do not want ...
How should GPs address concerns about a colleague's performance?
GPs have a duty to act if they believe a colleague's poor performance could compromise patient safet...
Genetic information and confidentiality
In the latest in our series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr K...
Ensuring patient confidentiality when dealing with the media
In the latest in our series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr E...
GP dilemma: A patient requesting antibiotics to take on holiday
A healthy patient presents requesting antibiotics to take on holiday, 'just in case'. What are my ob...
Confidentiality: Disclosing patient information within the healthcare team
In the latest in our series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr E...
Confidentiality: What can GPs tell family members?
In the second of a series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Sis...
Two thirds of UK people back 'opt-out' organ donation model, BMA poll reveals
Two thirds of people in the UK would support a system of presumed consent for organ donation, accord...
Harold Shipman would be caught in today's NHS, says Sir Keith Pearson
Serial killer GP Harold Shipman would have been caught by the governance mechanisms put in place sin...
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