GP’s view: prescribing to remote patients in the Outer Hebrides
For several years, clinicians have been encouraged to help the NHS move into the ‘digital age’. Every day the latest technology or software is being used in healthcare settings to […]
Tag Archives: GMC guidance
Balancing confidentiality guidance for you and your patients
Health care law professor, Jonathan Montgomery, chaired the expert group that oversaw the review of our Confidentiality guidance for doctors. Here, Jonathan reflects on his experience and the challenges of […]
How are we making confidentiality guidance relevant to you?
We review our ethical guidance approximately every five years to make sure it is clear, helpful and relevant for doctors. Here, our policy officer for Standards, Alison Whiting, updates you […]
Helping students get to grips with professional values
I am Kate Thomas, the Vice Dean and medicine programme director at the University of Birmingham Medical School. I have been involved with medical students at Birmingham for nearly 27 […]
Think carefully before cosmetic surgery
Mr Stephen Cannon, Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons, urges people to take their time to decide whether to undergo a cosmetic procedure and offers new resources to […]
Letter to doctors from Professor Terence Stephenson
Dear colleague, I write to you early in my second year as Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) with the issues surrounding the first doctors’ strikes in three decades […]
Protecting patient confidentiality within the Scottish Government
Dr Christine Gregson is an ST5 in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine. This year, she is working as a Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow. She writes here about sharing patient information […]
Driving and medical conditions: doctors’ roles and responsibilities
What should you do if a patient with a condition that could affect their ability to drive refuses to notify the DVLA? Dr Wyn Parry, the DVLA’s Senior Medical Adviser, outlines […]
Confidentiality and disclosing information to protect others
Mary Agnew is Assistant Director of Standards, Ethics and Education Policy at the General Medical Council. Here she looks at the often difficult decisions doctors have to make about whether […]
Making decisions together: the implications of the Montgomery judgment
In March, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in the Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board case. For the mother involved, who had argued that she had not been […]
