Guides

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Using social media

30 January 2024

Advice for maintaining professional integrity and boundaries on social media.

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Raising concerns

30 January 2024

Raising a concern at work can be difficult to navigate, so it's important to know how, when and why. Here’s our advice for raising concerns about patient safety.

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Dealing with online criticism

30 January 2024

What to do and how to respond if patients go online to criticise you.

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Quick guide to reflective practice

30 January 2024

What you need to know to be a reflective practitioner.

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Confidentiality and disclosing information after death

30 January 2024

Your duty of confidentiality to a patient continues after their death.

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Confidentiality and adults without capacity

30 January 2024

Laws around incapacity vary across the UK – but ultimately, you must consider the best interests of a patient who lacks capacity to make their own decisions.

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Gillick competence

30 January 2024

What is Gillick competence? Here's what you need to know about capacity and consent in young people.

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Conducting remote consultations

30 January 2024

The GMC's core principles apply as much to remote consultations as to any other consultation. Here's what to consider.

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Introduction to data protection for independent practitioners

30 January 2024

Here are some things independent practitioners should consider regarding data protection.

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How to respond to a subject access request for medical records

30 January 2024

Patients have a legal right to request access to their medical records. Here's what you need to know.