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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.
You have responsibilities to a patient if their condition or treatment affects their ability or fitness to drive.
What you need to know about the Caldicott principles and the National Data Guardian.
You might sometimes need to remove or redact information from medical records when sending them to patients or third parties. Here's what you need to know.
If a patient continues to drive despite your advice you would be justified in informing the DVLA/DVA...
An injury from an attack with a knife, blade or sharp instrument must be reported to the police...
Coroners or procurator fiscals can request medical records and relevant information about the deceased. You must comply with these requests...