GMC | A-Z of ethical guidance

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

(Raising concerns 10b)

(Raising concerns 24a)

pain, alleviation of

(Good Medical Practice 3d)

parental consent

contraceptive, abortion and STI advice and treatment without
(0-18 years 70)

patient records

archived
(Confidentiality 72)

disposal of
(Confidentiality 12)

for financial and administrative purposes, disclosure of
(Confidentiality: financial and administrative purposes 1-7)

management of
(Confidentiality 15)

retention of
(Confidentiality 12)

patient safety

colleagues
(Good Medical Practice 43)

raising concerns
(Good Medical Practice 6)

(Raising concerns)

sharing information with colleagues
(Good Medical Practice 50)

patients

access to information
(Confidentiality 9b(i))

maintaining boundaries with
(Maintaining Boundaries)

request for treatment
(Consent 5d)

obstacles to sharing information
(Consent 23-25)

personal beliefs of
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 9)

provision of information to
(Confidentiality 25-26)

(Confidentiality 34)

refusal of information by
(Consent 13-15)

respecting decisions of
(Consent 43)

seeking consent from
(Consent 26-27)

(Consent 44-50)

support groups
(consent 23)

Penalty Notice for Disorder

(Reporting Convictions)

pensions

disclosing confidential information for
(Confidentiality 34c)

performance

(Good Medical Practice 14)

(Good Medical Practice 79)

and health
(Leadership and management 69-77)

performance reviews

(Good Medical Practice 14e)

(Leadership and management 30-38)

personal beliefs

(Good Medical Practice 7, 8)

(Good Medical Practice 33)

(Good Medical Practice 46)

and medical practice
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice)

and the doctor-patient relationship
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 4-8)

of doctors
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 17-25)

of patients
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 9)

where doctors beliefs may affect care
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 26-29)

where patients’ beliefs may affect care
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 10-16)

personal information

disclosure for care
(Confidentiality 7)

(Confidentiality 25-29)

disclosure for clinical audit
(Confidentiality 7)

(Confidentiality 30-32)

disclosure in public interest
(Confidentiality 8c)

(Confidentiality 36-56)

disclosure required by law
(Confidentiality 8a)

(Confidentiality 17-23)

disclosure with consent
(Confidentiality 8b)

(Confidentiality 24-35)

protection of
(Confidentiality 12-16)

pharmaceutical companies

(Good Medical Practice 75)

doctors’ relationships with
(Conflicts of Interest 12-13)

pharmacies

doctors’ interests in
(Prescribing 10-12)

police

disclosing confidential information to
(Confidentiality 22)

see also crime

reporting gunshot and knife wounds
(Confidentiality: reporting gunshot and knife wounds 1-22)

reporting of criminal convictions and cautions to the GMC
(Reporting Convictions)

political beliefs

(Good Medical Practice 33)

powers of attorney

(Consent 62, endnote 13)

Practice Based Commissioning

financial commercial interest in case for
(Conflicts of Interest 6)

precognition

(Confidentiality 23)

prescribing

(Good Medical Practice 3b, 3f)

(Good Medical Practice 14h)

controlled drugs for yourself or someone close to you
(Prescribing 13-16)

doctors’ interests in pharmacies
(Prescribing 10-12)

for children and young people
(0-18 years 77)

for hospital outpatients
(Prescribing 25-27)

for patients overseas
(Prescribing 43)

for patients to who you also dispense
(Prescribing 17)

good practice in
(Prescribing)

in patients best interests
(Prescribing 5-7)

information for patients about the licence for their medicines
(Prescribing 21-24)

keeping patients’ GP informed
(Prescribing 8-9)

keeping up to date
(Prescribing 5)

medicines off label
(Prescribing 19-20)

obesity and private slimming clinics
(Prescribing 44-45)

other published regulations, guidance and information
(Prescribing 46)

Patient Group Directions
(Prescribing 28-29)

principles of
(Prescribing 1-3)

procedures for repeat prescriptions
(Prescribing 30-32)

remote
(Prescribing 39-43)

unlicensed medicines
(Prescribing 18)

prescribing over the telephone

see remote prescribing

prescribing via video link

see remote prescribing

Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority

(Conflicts of Interest 12)

press

responding to criticism in the
(Confidentiality 4g)

(Confidentiality: responding to criticism in the press 1-6)

prioritising by clinical lead

(Good Medical Practice 9)

privacy

(Confidentiality 2)

(Confidentiality 59b)

Privacy Advisory Committee Northern Ireland

(Confidentiality 46)

Privacy Advisory Committee Scotland

(Confidentiality 47)

privacy of patient

(Good Medical Practice 21d)

private treatment

(Good Medical Practice 72e)

probity

(Good Medical Practice 56-59)

(Good Medical Practice 60-62)

(Good Medical Practice 63-69)

(Good Medical Practice 70-71)

(Good Medical Practice 72-73)

(Good Medical Practice 74-76)

procurator fiscal

(Good Medical Practice 69)

disclosing information about patient who has died
(Confidentiality 71a)

professional boundaries

(Maintaining Boundaries)

professional indemnity cover

(Good Medical Practice 34)

public health organisations

(Good Medical Practice 14i)

public health surveillance

(Confidentiality 40)

(Confidentiality 71e)

public interest

disclosing confidential information in
(Confidentiality 36-56)

disclosing confidential information in cases of serious crime
(Confidentiality 54)

disclosing confidential information to regulatory body
(Confidentiality 20)

disclosure of serious communicable diseases
(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 18)

informing patient of disclosure of confidential information
(Confidentiality 39)

reporting gunshot and knife wounds
(Confidentiality: reporting gunshot and knife wounds 12-18)

reporting gunshot and knife wounds in the
(Confidentiality: reporting gunshot and knife wounds 3b)

secondary uses of confidential information
(Confidentiality 40-50)

sharing information without consent, children and young people
(0-18 years 47-50)

publishing information