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Search through expert guidance and practical advice to help you practise with confidence. You'll find everything from responding to local resolution complaints to working outside your usual field of practice during a pandemic.
The overriding consideration for healthcare professionals must always be the child or young person's best interests.
What is Gillick competence? Here's what you need to know about capacity and consent in young people.
Consent in children and young people can be complex – and the law varies across the UK.
Get to know the principles of parental responsibility with our quick guide.
GPs need to be aware of local child protection procedures when identifying and safeguarding children at risk.
What you need to know about disclosing patient information to third parties.
Broaden your understanding of a range of medico-legal topics with our webinars, delivered by MDU doctors.
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Parents do not lose parental responsibility if they divorce, although it can be removed or restricted by a court...
You must take action if you're concerned that a child is at risk...
The presenting symptoms of a brain tumour in a child may be very non-specific, making diagnosis difficult for doctors.