A-Z of ethical guidance

raising concerns

(Good Medical Practice 6)

(Good Medical Practice 46)

(Consent 25)

and disclosure of confidential information
(Confidentiality 16)

children and young people
(0-18 years 60-61)

(0-18 years 75)

research
(Good practice in research 19)

research involving vulnerable adults
(Consent to research 22)

sexualised behaviour
(Maintaining Boundaries 20-24)

reasonable notice period

(Appointments)

record keeping

(Decisions 51)

(Decisions 61)

(Oral consent 50)

(Withholding information 17)

records

see patient records

Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Scotland)

(Confidentiality, endnote 4)

references

(Good Medical Practice 19)

referral

(Good Medical Practice 2c)

(Good Medical Practice 51)

(Good Medical Practice 55)

accepting or offering fees for
(Conflicts of Interest 14-16)

if patient objects to disclosure of confidential information
(Confidentiality 27)

to multi-disciplinary teams
(Accountability in Multi-Disciplinary Teams 1-6)

refusal of treatment

young people
(0-18 years 30-33)

refusal to treat

(Good Medical Practice 8, 10)

Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

(Confidentiality, legal annex 7)

regulatory bodies

(Good Medical Practice 44,55)

reporting finding by
(Reporting Convictions)

with statutory powers to require information
(Confidentiality 18, 20)

relationships

ending
(Good Medical Practic 38-40)

improper
(Good Medical Practice 32)

(Maintaining Boundaries)

with colleagues
(Good Medical Practice 1)

(Good Medical Practice 41- 55)

with patients
(Good Medical Practice 1)

(Good Medical Practice 20-40)

relatives

(Good Medical Practice 29)

religious beliefs

(Good Medical Practice 7,8)

(Good Medical Practice 33)

(Good Medical Practice 46)

(Personal Beliefs)

(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice)

children and young people
(0-18 years 34-35)

(0-18 years 72)

circumcision of male children
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 12-16)

clothing and other expressions of belief
(Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice 27-28)

remote prescribing

(Prescribing 39-43)

reporting

anti-social behaviour orders
(Reporting Convictions)

by police
(Reporting Convictions)

cautions
(Reporting Convictions)

convictions
(Reporting Convictions)

criminal offences
(Reporting Convictions)

findings by other regulatory bodies
(Reporting Convictions)

fiscal fines
(Reporting Convictions)

fixed penalty notices
(Reporting Convictions)

warning for possession of cannabis
(Reporting Convictions)

reporting convictions

(Reporting Convictions)

reporting gunshot and knife wounds

(Confidentiality: reporting gunshot and knife wounds 4-11)

reports, written

(Good Medical Practice 63)

(Expert witnesses 10)

research

(Good Medical Practice 70-71)

(Consent 9f)

(Consent 49d)

acting on concerns
(Good practice in research 20)

avoiding conflicts of interest
(Good practice in research 26-27)

benefits
(Consent to research 23-35)

best interests
(Consent to research 14-20)

coercion
(Consent to research 1-2)

communication
(Consent to research 21-22)

(Consent to research 7-8)

consent to
(Consent to research)

(Good practice in research 28-30)

definition
(Good practice in research 1-4)

design and practice
(Good practice in research 7-14)

disclosing information
(Consent to research 12-13)

disclosing information for
(Confidentiality 36)

(Confidentiality 40-50)

discrimination
(Consent to research 21-22)

(Good practice in research 10)

emergency research
(Consent to research 19-20)

(Consent to research 33-35)

fraud
(Good practice in research 21-25)

funding
(Good practice in research 26-27)

good practice in
(Good practice in research)

honesty
(Good practice in research 26-27)

honesty and integrity
(Good practice in research 21-25)

involving adults without capacity
(Consent to research 23-35)

involving babies, neonates or infants
(Consent to research 14-20)

involving children and young people
(0-18 years 36-40)

children and young people, approval of
(0-18 years 40)

involving children or young people
(Consent to research 14-20)

involving human tissue
(Consent to research 36-39)

involving vulnerable adults
(Consent to research 21-22)

law and governance
(Good practice in research 6)

(Research Annex A)

(Research Annex B)

legislation
(Good practice in research 6)

(Research Annex A)

(Research Annex B)

loss of capacity during a research project
(Consent to research 31-32)

parental consent
(0-18 years 38-39)

(Consent to research 14-20)

patient information sheets
(Consent to research 4-6)

principles of good practice
(Good practice in research 5-32)

protecting participants from harm
(Good practice in research 15-20)

public interest
(Consent to research 12-13)

raising concerns
(Good practice in research 19)

record management
(Good practice in research 21-25)

recording consent to research
(Consent to research 11)

recruitment
(Consent to research 4-6)

research ethics committee
(Good practice in research 7-14)

respecting confidentiality
(Good practice in research 31-32)

responsibility for seeking consent
(Consent to research 9-10)

right to withdraw from
(Consent to research 3)

(Consent to research 30)

risk
(Consent to research 23-35)

(Good practice in research 7-14)

safety
(Good practice in research 15-20)

scope of the guidance
(Good practice in research 1-4)

secondary uses
(Good practice in research 31-32)

seeking consent
(Consent to research 1-13)

sharing information
(Consent to research 4-6)

sharing information with participants GP
(Consent to research 12-13)

valid consent
(Consent to research 1-2)

when to involve adults without capacity
(Consent to research 25-26)

written consent to
(Consent to research 11)

resources

(Good Medical Practice 3j)

limited
(Consent 23-25)

respect

• (Good Medical Practice 7)
  
• (Good Medical Practice 46-47)
  

responsibility

doctors’, in a national pandemic
(Good Medical Practice - pandemic influenza)

see also accountability

retention of health record

(Confidentiality 12)

revalidation

(Good Medical Practice 14b)

reviewing information and decisions

• (Consent 11)
  
• (Consent 15, 17)
  
• (Consent 52-53)
  

risks

(Good Medical Practice 6)

(Good Medical Practice 10)

(Good Medical Practice 14g)

(Good Medical Practice 18)

(Good Medical Practice 22b)

(Good Medical Practice 43, 45)

(Good Medical Practice 79)

adverse outcomes
(Consent 29-32, 34)

complications
(Consent 29b, 32)

discussing
(Consent 28-35)

keeping up to date with
(Consent 36)

requiring written consent
(Consent 47)

side effects
(Consent 29, 32)

to children and young people
(0-18 years 57)