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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.
Doctors have a statutory duty to notify the local authority of suspected cases of certain infectious diseases.
Your duty of confidentiality to a patient continues after their death.
To ensure proper patient care and treatment, clinical information may need to be shared with other healthcare workers in the team – but only on a need-to-know basis.
Yes, your duty of confidentiality continues even after the patient has died...
Is it OK to inform the DVLA or DVA if an alcohol-dependent patient continues to drive, despite repeated warnings?
An injury from an attack with a knife, blade or sharp instrument must be reported to the police...
Here are some things independent practitioners should consider regarding data protection.
GDPR makes data subjects' rights explicit. Your obligations to data subjects are summarised in the following eight rights.