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The GMC in Wales / CMC yng Nghymru

Cymraeg

Below are the latest news items with links to read more. In this section you can also read about recent activity by the GMC in Wales, contact details for the office and useful links.

News from Wales

General Medical Council - Public and patient event on confidentiality Monday 7th December

You are invited to attend a discussion session hosted by the General Medical Council Wales on the implications of the new guidance and what it could mean for you. The type of issues which are covered by the guidance are:

  • Sharing information with those close to the patient: What information should doctors share with those close to a patient? Can they discuss concerns that those close to a patient may have about the patient's health? 
  • Reporting concerns to the DVLA: Should doctors tell the DVLA or DVA when a patient isn't fit to drive? 
  • Disclosures to protect the patient: Should doctors disclose information about competent adults for their protection, even if the patient refuses to allow that information to be disclosed? 
  • Disclosing information about serious communicable diseases: Should doctors warn a patient's partner that they're at risk of HIV if the patient can't be persuaded to tell them? 
  • Reporting gun shot and knife wounds: What should doctors do in respect of serious crimes like this?

Read more about this event here.