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The overriding consideration for healthcare professionals must always be the child or young person's best interests.
Your duty of confidentiality to a patient continues after their death.
If parents who have separated ask for medical information about their child, it's important to know how to handle the request sensitively and correctly.
Road to UK co-founder Dr Ibreez Ajaz, and the MDU's head of advisory services Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, explore ethical and medico-legal situations that early-career IMGs often encounter but may find challenging.
What you need to know about AI in GP practices – how it's used, who's responsible when things go wrong, and the key risks to manage.
You have responsibilities to a patient if their condition or treatment affects their ability or fitness to drive.
A doctor called for advice about whether an elderly patient's neighbour could be assigned as 'next of kin'.
A GP member called for advice about a request from the father of a boy registered at the practice, asking for disclosure of his son’s medical records.
What you need to know about the Caldicott principles and the National Data Guardian.